2017 Imaging for Physicists Coursebook

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Magnetic moment and spin
• Consider charge q in circular motion:
• Rotating charged sphere with uniform charge:
Magnetic moment:
r
v
q
A
Current:
r 2
qv
t
q
i





S
m2
q

Spin!
mvr L , L
m2
q
iA    