Tag: Stern-Gerlach Experiment
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Stern-Gerlach Experiment
Introduction The Stern-Gerlach experiment, conducted by Otto Stern and Walther Gerlach in 1922, is a fundamental experiment in quantum mechanics. It demonstrated the quantization of angular momentum and provided early evidence for the existence of spin, a quantum property of particles. Principle of the Experiment The experiment involves passing a beam of particles (in the…