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In 1922, O. Stern and W. Gerlach demonstrated experimentally that silver atoms passing through an inhomogeneous magnetic_field experience deflections in spatially different, distinguishable directions. Due to the interaction between the magnetic moment of the particle and the inhomogeneous magnetic_field, a particle passing through the latter experiences a force that changes the trajectory of the particle. The deflection in spatially well-separated directions along the direction of the uniform magnetic_field is commonly regarded as an experimental proof that the magnetic moment of the particles is quantized. As long as the particle does not experience a . . .
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