Spin in Particle Physics (Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 6, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 522
ISBN-13: 9780521352819
Subjects: Particle & high-energy physics; Science; Nuclear Physics; Particle Physics; Science/Mathematics; General; Physics; Science / Mathematical Physics; Cosmology; Nuclear spin
First sentence: Traditionally, in textbooks on quantum mechanics, spin is introduced via an idealized Stern-Gerlach experiment in which a non-relativistic beam of silver atoms passes through an inhomogeneous magnetic field.