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Elektrodynamik mit Spin
Author(s) -
Petry W.,
Leis R.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
mathematical methods in the applied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.719
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1099-1476
pISSN - 0170-4214
DOI - 10.1002/mma.1670020408
Subject(s) - electromagnetic field , physics , spin (aerodynamics) , equations of motion , hydrogen atom , spin quantum number , maxwell's equations , dipole , bloch equations , classical mechanics , quantum mechanics , spin polarization , electron , group (periodic table) , thermodynamics
Atomistic equations of the electromagnetic field for a particle with spin are derived from a Lagrangian. These equations are consistent with the equations of motion for such a particle. The resulting phenomenological equations are the well‐known equations of Maxwell for the electromagnetic field in matter. The atomistic field equations for a particle with spin and magnetic moment give a dipole field. This result and the corresponding quantum mechanics for a particle with spin are applied to compute the hyperfine structure of the hydrogen atom by perturbation theory.