Text: "Paradox in the classical treatment of the Stern-Gerlach experiment." Points out a paradoxical force transverse to the magnetic moment in the Stern-Gerlach experiment. To resolve it, one considers the torque on the magnetic moment producing a rapid precession about the field direction, causing the transverse force to average out. A factor in N-machine phenomena ? American Journal of Physics. 50(8), Aug. 1982. p. 697-698.

See Also: magnetic moment, Stern-Gerlach experiment, paradox, precession, transverse force, longitudinal force

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