Published January 1984 | Version v1
Journal article

Spin current density and the hyperfine interaction in hydrogen

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Rayleigh, North Carolina 27607

Description

The hyperfine structure Hamiltonian for hydrogen is derived by evaluating the magnetic field at the nucleus due to the electron's spin current density. This approach clearly separates the treatment of states with l = 0 (Fermi contact term) from those having lnot =0

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Am. J. Phys.
Journal Volume
52
Journal Issue
1
Series
Am. J. Phys.
Journal Page Range
36-39
ISSN
0002-9505