Stern-Gerlach Experiment Reinterpreted from Classical Perspective

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-09-18
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22834737
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Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics
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Stern-Gerlach Experiment Reinterpreted from Classical Perspective

Jiaqing Yan
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics
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Stern-Gerlach Experiment Reinterpreted from Classical Perspective

Jiaqing Yan
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Abstract

Since its completion in 1922, the Stern-Gerlach experiment has long been regarded in mainstream quantum mechanics as a key experimental evidence for the 1/2 intrinsic spin of electrons, and a foundational observation for spatial quantization and quantum state collapse theory. Based on the basic standpoint of the light-origin theory, this paper adheres to the core criterion that magnetism is a secondary effect derived from the directional motion of electric charges, and re-examines the phenomenon that silver atomic beams split into two streams in a non-uniform magnetic field. This paper points out that the "intrinsic spin magnetic moment" defined by mainstream quantum theory cannot correspond to closed charge circulation inside the electron (the classical rotation model leads to the contradiction of superluminal speed), and violates the unified origin principle of "electricity generating magnetism" in electromagnetism. Essentially, it is a mathematical degree of freedom artificially introduced to fit experimental results. This paper proposes that the bifurcation effect of silver atomic beams can be fully explained by the orientation coupling between magnetic dipoles formed by ordered charge circulation of electrons inside atoms and an external non-uniform magnetic field. The magnetic dipoles of incident silver atoms are randomly distributed in orientation statistically, yet only two orientations, parallel and antiparallel to the external magnetic field, can remain stable in the gradient magnetic field, while intermediate orientations are unstable and excluded. Eventually the atomic beam separates into two discrete streams, with no need to introduce the hypothesis of intrinsic spin without physical carriers. This paper further designs a discriminative experimental scheme: in a single-electron trapping system with ultra-low temperature and strong magnetic shielding, after thermal jitter is sufficiently suppressed, if no stable self-sustained static magnetic dipole signal of the electron can be detected, it will constitute a direct test for the hypothesis of intrinsic spin magnetic moment.

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Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics
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