Pulsars are rapidly spinning neutron stars which beam light in opposite directions. They have huge magnetic fields of 10^8 – 10^12 gauss. How large is the Zeeman splitting?
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It is the splitting of spectral lines in the presence of a magnetic field. When an atom or a molecule is placed in a magnetic field, the energy levels of its electrons split into several sub-levels. This splitting is called the Zeeman effect. In the case of Show more…
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