Quantum-mechanical analysis of a longitudinal Stern-Gerlach effect |
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Authors: | Gallup G A Batelaan H Gay T J |
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Institution: | Behlen Laboratory of Physics, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0111, USA. |
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Abstract: | We present the results of a rigorous quantum-mechanical calculation of the propagation of electrons through an inhomogeneous magnetic field with axial symmetry. A complete spin polarization of the beam is demonstrated assuming that a Landau eigenstate can be inserted into the field. This is in contrast with the semiclassical situation, where the spin splitting is blurred. |
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