Zeeman effect

Noun

Meaning

Zeeman effect (plural Zeeman effects)

(physics) The splitting of single spectral lines into three (or more) in the presence of a magnetic field.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Observations using the Zeeman effect show that prototypical sunspots come in pairs with opposite magnetic polarity. Source: Internet

These two successes, and the continuing failure of the Bohr-Sommerfeld model to explain the outstanding problem of the anomalous Zeeman effect, led Heisenberg to use the virtual oscillator model to try to calculate spectral frequencies. Source: Internet

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