magnetic moment
a vector quantity associated with a given electric current, magnet, or the like, having the property that its vector product with the magnetic induction equals the torque acting on the given object.
Origin of magnetic moment
1- Also called dipole moment.
Words Nearby magnetic moment
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How to use magnetic moment in a sentence
These exist fleetingly, but for long enough to affect how the muon interacts with the magnetic field and change the measured magnetic moment, albeit by a tiny amount.
Scientists Found Hints of New Particles or Forces of Nature, and It Could Change Physics | Themis Bowcock | April 9, 2021 | Singularity HubMuons also have an intrinsic property called “spin,” and the relation between the spin and the magnetic moment of the muon is known as the g-factor.
Scientists Found Hints of New Particles or Forces of Nature, and It Could Change Physics | Themis Bowcock | April 9, 2021 | Singularity HubBoth measurements of the muon’s wobbliness, or magnetic moment, significantly overshoot the theoretical prediction, as calculated last year by an international consortium of 132 theoretical physicists.
‘Last Hope’ Experiment Finds Evidence for Unknown Particles | Natalie Wolchover | April 7, 2021 | Quanta MagazineBMW’s larger term leads to a larger overall predicted value of the muon’s magnetic moment, bringing the prediction in line with the measurements.
‘Last Hope’ Experiment Finds Evidence for Unknown Particles | Natalie Wolchover | April 7, 2021 | Quanta MagazineIn the paper, a team of theorists known as BMW present a state-of-the-art supercomputer calculation of the most uncertain term that goes into the Standard Model prediction of the muon’s magnetic moment.
‘Last Hope’ Experiment Finds Evidence for Unknown Particles | Natalie Wolchover | April 7, 2021 | Quanta Magazine
The result of the first cooling was a reduction of the magnetic moment, to the extent of nearly 50% in the case of the former.
The method is not strictly an absolute one, since it presupposes a knowledge of the magnetic moment of the deflecting magnet.
British Dictionary definitions for magnetic moment
short for magnetic dipole moment, electromagnetic moment
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Scientific definitions for magnetic moment
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