Paschen-Back effect

English

Etymology

From Friedrich Paschen and Ernst Emil Alexander Back, German physicists.

Noun

Paschen-Back effect (plural Paschen-Back effects)

  1. (physics) A form of the Zeeman effect that affects the spectral lines obtained when a light source is placed in a very strong magnetic field.

Hypernyms
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.