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{{cite book |title=A Complete Course in ISC Physics |author=V. P. Bhatnagar |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=2kh2LnCB6E4C&pg=PA246 |pages=p. 246 |isbn=8120902025 |year=1997 |publisher=Pitambar Publishing}} | {{cite book |title=A Complete Course in ISC Physics |author=V. P. Bhatnagar |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=2kh2LnCB6E4C&pg=PA246 |pages=p. 246 |isbn=8120902025 |year=1997 |publisher=Pitambar Publishing}} | ||
==Origin== | |||
A magnetic moment may have a macroscopic origin in a bar magnet or a current loop, for example, or microscopic origin in the spin of an elementary particle like an electron, or in the [[angular momentum]] of an atom. | |||
===Macroscopic magnetic moment== | |||
===Microscopic magnetic moment=== | |||
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Revision as of 18:49, 18 December 2010
Magnetic moment
In physics, the magnetic moment of an object is a vector property, denoted here as m, that determines the torque, denoted here by τ, it experiences in a magnetic flux density B, namely τ = m × B (where × denotes the vector cross product). As such, it also determines the change in potential energy of the object, denoted here by U, when it is introduced to this flux, namely U = −m·B.[1]
Notes
- ↑
V. P. Bhatnagar (1997). A Complete Course in ISC Physics. Pitambar Publishing, p. 246. ISBN 8120902025.
Origin
A magnetic moment may have a macroscopic origin in a bar magnet or a current loop, for example, or microscopic origin in the spin of an elementary particle like an electron, or in the angular momentum of an atom.
=Macroscopic magnetic moment
===Microscopic magnetic moment===