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arxiv: 0907.4724 · v1 · submitted 2009-07-27 · ⚛️ physics.acc-ph · physics.class-ph

Comment on the Paper "Stern-Gerlach Force on a Precessing Magnetic Moment" by M. Conte et al

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The claim in ref.1 [M. Conte et al: "Stern-Gerlach Force on a Precessing Magnetic Moment", Proceedings of PAC07 (http://cern.ch/AccelConf/p07/PAPER/THPAS105.pdf)] that the Stern-Gerlach force on a charged particle with a magnetic moment causes a change in longitudinal momentum proportional to gamma-squared when it traverses a specially configured localized electromagnetic field, contradicts the prediction based on the established interaction Lagrangian. It is shown that extending the calculation in ref. 1 to include the entire spin motion eliminates the gamma-squared term and thus the inconsistency.

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