Zeeman effect
EFFECT OF SPLITTING A SPECTRAL LINE INTO SEVERAL COMPONENTS IN THE PRESENCE OF A STATIC MAGNETIC FIELD
Zeeman Effect; Zeeman Splitting; Paschen–Back effect; Paschen-back effect; Paschen-Back Effect; Paschen-Bach effect; Anomalous zeeman effect; Zeeman splitting; Anomalous Zeeman Effect; Anomalous Zeeman effect; Normal zeeman effect; Paschen-Back effect; Inverse Zeeman effect; Breit-Rabi equation; Breit-Rabi formula; Breit–Rabi equation
·add. ·- The widening and duplication, triplication, ·etc., of spectral lines when the radiations emanate in a strong magnetic field, first observed in 1896 by P. Zeeman, a Dutch physicist, and regarded as an important confirmation of the electromagnetic theory of light.