Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5495861 | Annals of Physics | 2017 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
We carry out the classical analysis of spin-orbit coupling in hydrogen-like atoms, using the modern expressions for the force and energy of an electric/magnetic dipole in an electromagnetic field. We disclose a novel physical meaning of this effect and show that for a laboratory observer the energy of spin-orbit interaction is represented solely by the mechanical energy of the spinning electron (considered as a gyroscope) due to the Thomas precession of its spin. Concurrently we disclose some errors in the old and new publications on this subject.
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Authors
A.L. Kholmetskii, O.V. Missevitch, T. Yarman,