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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / Re: How many spots are produced from Stern-Gerlach apparatus that rotates?
« on: 16/03/2024 14:54:29 »
Hi.
Probably not something that passes health and safety standards but it was all done in a vaccum chamber that was well sealed. I don't know the full history but I'm sure there are some full explanations and accounts of what was done. There are a few critera they wanted to meet (e.g. I think they wanted a thin flat beam so they used slitsinside instead of round holes, probably also ensured the beam was reasonable collimated by passing it through two slits etc.)
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how are the silver atoms entrained in a beam?Put silver in a furnace chamber, it will eventually start to vaporise. Put a small hole in the side of the chamber and a beam of essentially atomised silver streams out of it.
Probably not something that passes health and safety standards but it was all done in a vaccum chamber that was well sealed. I don't know the full history but I'm sure there are some full explanations and accounts of what was done. There are a few critera they wanted to meet (e.g. I think they wanted a thin flat beam so they used slits
on Earth- which is rotating.It is, although not in the way we (possiby just I) want to rotate it. The centre of rotation and axis are in the wrong places.
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