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| author | Mostafaeipour, Faraz Kahraman, S. Suleyman Titimbo, Kelvin Tan, Yixuan Wang, Lihong V. |
| author_facet | Mostafaeipour, Faraz Kahraman, S. Suleyman Titimbo, Kelvin Tan, Yixuan Wang, Lihong V. |
| contents | Following a comprehensive analysis of the historical literature, we model the geometry of the Stern$\unicode{x2013}$Gerlach experiment to numerically calculate the magnetic field using the finite-element method. Using this calculated field and Monte Carlo methods, the atomic translational dynamics are simulated to produce the well-known quantized end-pattern with matching dimensions. The finite-element method used provides the most accurate description of the Stern$\unicode{x2013}$Gerlach magnetic field and end-pattern in the literature, matching the historically reported values and figures. |
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| spellingShingle | Simulation of atom trajectories in the original Stern-Gerlach experiment Mostafaeipour, Faraz Kahraman, S. Suleyman Titimbo, Kelvin Tan, Yixuan Wang, Lihong V. Computational Physics Atomic Physics Following a comprehensive analysis of the historical literature, we model the geometry of the Stern$\unicode{x2013}$Gerlach experiment to numerically calculate the magnetic field using the finite-element method. Using this calculated field and Monte Carlo methods, the atomic translational dynamics are simulated to produce the well-known quantized end-pattern with matching dimensions. The finite-element method used provides the most accurate description of the Stern$\unicode{x2013}$Gerlach magnetic field and end-pattern in the literature, matching the historically reported values and figures. |
| title | Simulation of atom trajectories in the original Stern-Gerlach experiment |
| topic | Computational Physics Atomic Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.14530 |