paschen-back effect

Paschen-Back effect

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noun paschen-back effect a splitting of spectral lines observed when the source of a radiation is subjected to a strong magnetic field, caused when the vectors associated with the spin and orbital angular momentum exhibit individual rather than common precession. 1

before 1920

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1920-25; named after Friedrich Paschen (1865-1947) and Ernst Back (1881-1959), German physicists

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