Stern-Gerlach Experiment
Topics
Main Topics
- Quantum Mechanics
- Spin
- Quantum Measurement
Related Topics
Sample Learning Goals
- Describe the observations made in the Stern-Gerlach experiment.
- Describe how spins behave in the presence of a magnetic field.
- Recognize that spin is quantized.
- Describe how measuring spin along some direction changes its state.
- Argue from experimental observations that spin in the x direction and spin in the z direction must be incompatible observables.
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Title | Author | Level | Type | Updated |
Spinometer | C. Mounce | UG-Adv | Demo | 7/09 |
Spinometer | D. Mounce | UG-Adv | Demo | 10/09 |
Stern Gerlach clicker questions | S. McKagan | UG-Intro UG-Adv | CQs | 4/10 |
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