Paschen-Back effect
[ pah-shuhn-bahk ]
nounPhysics.
a splitting of spectral lines observed when the source of a radiation is subjected to a strong magnetic field, caused when the vectors associated with the spin and orbital angular momentum exhibit individual rather than common precession.
Origin of Paschen-Back effect
11920–25; named after Friedrich Paschen (1865–1947) and Ernst Back (1881–1959), German physicists
- Compare Zeeman effect.
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