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QuasarBoy543298
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I was thinking to myself, how come are particles coming from the sun gets deflected the way they do due to Earth's magnetic field?
They are getting pulled toward the poles, but if we think in terms of classical Lorentz force, they should not just follow the magnetic field lines, but rather start gaining speed in a perpendicular direction.
my idea was to think of this in terms of the Stern-Gerlach experiment. (magnetic field in the Z direction => two dots on the z-axis)
so, is the deflection solar winds from the Earth is just a big Stern-Gerlach experiment?
They are getting pulled toward the poles, but if we think in terms of classical Lorentz force, they should not just follow the magnetic field lines, but rather start gaining speed in a perpendicular direction.
my idea was to think of this in terms of the Stern-Gerlach experiment. (magnetic field in the Z direction => two dots on the z-axis)
so, is the deflection solar winds from the Earth is just a big Stern-Gerlach experiment?
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