Spin-Orbit Pendulum: the Microscopic Stern-Gerlach Effect
arXiv:quant-ph/9505021 · doi:10.1088/0953-4075/29/7/015
Abstract
The motion of a particle with a spin in spherical harmonic oscillator potential with spin-orbit interaction is studied. We have focus our attention on spatial motion of wave packets, giving a description complementary to motion of spin discussed already in [1]. The particular initial conditions studied here lead to the most transparent formulas and can be treated analytically. A strong analogy with the Stern-Gerlach experiment is suggested. [1] R.Arvieu and P.Rozmej, Phys.Rev.A50 (1994) 4376.
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