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.

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