Stern-Gerlach Experiment
Hello.
Yesterday, I worked as a farmer all day long after a long time, so I'm still tired today.
Hi, I'm Menbo.
I watched this video↓ today.
Stern-Gerlach Experiment (U2 07 03)
As it is said that
They were the first to demonstrate that the spin is quantized or separated in up and down. It was sensational achievement in their time.
at the end of this video. Nothing have to be added to this explain.
However, I explain this very roughly for my study.
At first, we should check the flow of this experiment↓
1. launch the beam of ion toward the uniform magnetic field
2. project this beam on a screen and observe
In terms of classical theory, this shows such a distribution that the most Ag ions are projected at the center of screen, and they decreace the farther and farther from the center.
However, in fact, this peak is split into two.
This shows that the spin is quantized into upgoing spin and downgoing spin.
If you are interested in Stern-Gerlach Experiment, please watch this page↓
https://eman-physics.net/quantum/spin.html
Thank you.
Have a nice day!