Universal Journal of Physics and Application Vol. 5(4), pp. 673 - 686
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ON AN EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION OF RELATIVISTIC AND NON RELATIVISTIC PREDICTIONS FOR ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS IN A STATIC MAGNETIC FIELD

AUTHOR(S) INFORMATION: Schreiber H.J. and Skachkov N.B.

ABSTRACT

Physical consequences of the relativistic and nonrelativistic approaches to describe the energy levels of electrons which propagate in a static homogeneous magnetic field are considered. It is shown that for a given strength of the magnetic field, the quantized energy levels of the electrons calculated by nonrelativistic and relativistic equations differ substantially, up to few orders of magnitude for a magnetic field of about 1 Tesla. Experimental verification to resolve the discrepancy would be very welcome.