SINGLE AND JOINT SPIN MEASUREMENTS WITH A STERN-GERLACH DEVICE

被引：15

作者：

MARTENS, H

DEMUYNCK, WM

机构：

[1] Dept. of Theor. Phys., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol.

来源：

JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND GENERAL | 1993年 / 26卷 / 08期

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D O I：

10.1088/0305-4470/26/8/021

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

The measurement of spin-1/2 observables using a Stem-Gerlach type device is studied. A magnetic field with a dominant dipole component leads to a measurement of spin in one direction. The measurement is shown to be feasible (in principle) for electrons as well as for neutral particles. A quadrupole field leads to a joint measurement of two incompatible spin observables. Again, both the electron and the neutral case are presented. The accuracy of the joint measurement is compared to the limit imposed by the uncertainty principle.

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页码：2001 / 2010

页数：10

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