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USING a method recently described by us1, we have now succeeded in determining the sign of the magnetic moment of free neutrons.
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A somewhat similar method has been proposed by I. I. Rabi, Phys. Rev., 51, 652 (1937). It may be well to point out that the classical concept of precession gives the same result, in our case, as the quantum mechanical calculation.
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FRISCH, O., HALBAN, H. & KOCH, J. Sign of the Magnetic Moment of Free Neutrons. Nature 139, 1021 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/1391021a0
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