In the absence of a magnetic field the period of all these oscillations is the same. But as soon as the electron is exposed to the effect of a magnetic field, its motion changes.
-- Pieter Zeeman
   
Pieter Zeeman   Name:
Pieter Zeeman
Type:
Physicist
Nationality:
Dutch
Birth:
May 25, 1865
Death:
October 9, 1943
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