Effect of a Magnetic Field on an Atomic Orbital

Sami M. AL-Jaber, AbdelRahman M. Abu-Labdeh

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DOI: 10.4236/jmp.2011.21001                

Abstract

We consider the effect of a magnetic field on the motion of an atomic electron in its orbit. The usual treatment deals with the change in magnetic dipole moment assuming the electron's speed changes but the radius of its orbit remains unchanged. We derive the change in the magnetic dipole moment allowing both the speed and the radius to change. The cases of fixed radius on one hand and of fixed speed on the other are treated as special cases of our general case.

Keywords

Diamagnetism, Effect of Magnetic Field on Atomic Orbital, Magnetic Dipole Moment of An Orbital Electron

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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