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An experimental platform for investigation of the Zeeman effect in strong magnetic fields
N A Huerta1, Z J Minaker1, V V Ivanov1
1Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N Virginia St., Reno, Nevada 89557, USA.
Abstract:
An experimental platform is developed for the investigation of the Zeeman effect in strong magnetic fields. Mega-Gauss magnetic fields are generated by a 1 MA Zebra pulsed power machine using metal rod loads. A gas jet or CH oil on the load is the source of hydrogen. Excited hydrogen atoms are backlit by black body radiation from the rod load. Hydrogen absorption spectra are recorded with a grating spectrometer and intensified gated CCD camera. The experimental platform enables the observation of the quadratic Zeeman effect in hydrogen gas jets using the spectral shift of the central line in the Zeeman triplet. Other gases can be studied using the gas jet method.
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