Paschen-Back effect

noun

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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Meanings

nounPaschen-Back effect (plural Paschen-Back effects)

plural Paschen-Back effects

  1. natural sciencesA form of the Zeeman effect that affects the spectral lines obtained when a light source is placed in a very strong magnetic field.

Origin

From Friedrich Paschen and Ernst Emil Alexander Back, German physicists.

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