Neutrons are placed in a magnetic field with magnitude 2.30 T. (a) What is the energy difference

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Neutrons are placed in a magnetic field with magnitude 2.30 T.
(a) What is the energy difference between the states with the nuclear spin angular momentum components parallel and anti parallel to the field? Which state is lower in energy, the one with its spin component parallel to the field or the one with its spin component anti parallel to the field? How do your results compare with the energy states for a proton in the same field (see Example 43.2)?
(b) The neutrons can make transitions from one of these states to the other by emitting or absorbing a photon with energy equal to the energy difference of the two states. Find the frequency and wavelength of such a photon.
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Fundamentals of Physics

ISBN: 978-1118230725

10th Extended edition

Authors: Jearl Walker, Halliday Resnick

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