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Application of the Continuous Stern Gerlach Effect: Magnetic Moments

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Particle Confinement in Penning Traps

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This chapter briefly reviews the measurements of magnetic moments that have been performed by application of the continuous Stern-Gerlach effect to a single particle confined in a Penning trap with a magnetic bottle.

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Vogel, M. (2024). Application of the Continuous Stern Gerlach Effect: Magnetic Moments. In: Particle Confinement in Penning Traps. Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, vol 126. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55420-9_24

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