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What happens in Stern-Gerlach if...

Butch
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We use a stream of tiny magnets with differing masses?

1 hour ago, Butch said:

We use a stream of tiny magnets with differing masses?

S-G works because of orientation quantization of spin. It is either up or down.

A macroscopic magnet is not limited to this. They will tend to precess or otherwise oscillate when you shoot them into a magnetic field.

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41 minutes ago, swansont said:

S-G works because of orientation quantization of spin. It is either up or down.

A macroscopic magnet is not limited to this. They will tend to precess or otherwise oscillate when you shoot them into a magnetic field.

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