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Zeeman Effect According to classical electromagnetic theory, a charge rotating with a simple harmonic frequency should emit electromagnetic radiation of the same frequency. And when an external magnet... Read more
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Zeeman Effect The Zeeman effect is the splitting of atomic spectral lines caused by application of an external magnetic field. Pieter Zeeman observed this effect in 1896 and was awarded the Nobel Priz... Read more
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Zeeman Effect The Zeeman effect is named after Pieter Zeeman, a Dutch physicist, who studied under Hendrik Lorentz at the University of Leiden. During a lecture on optics, Lorentz suggested that a bea... Read more