A particle physicist who wrote a historical analysis of the Stern-Gerlach experiment. It distinguishes the experiment's original proposal and interpretation from its later connection with electron spin, and discusses the different problem of performing an analogous measurement on free electrons. This helps prevent later quantum concepts from being read back into the original experimental argument.[ref]
The Stern-Gerlach Experiment and the Electron Spin by Sandip Pakvasa. Abstract: proposal, reception, interpretation and free-electron question
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