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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 12 - Moving charges and magnetism
  • JEE Mains 2022
  • Medium
  • MCQ

The magnetic moment of an electron \((e)\) revolving in an orbit around nucleus with an orbital angular momentum is given by :

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(B) \(\vec{\mu}_{ L }=-\frac{ e \overrightarrow{ L }}{2 m }\)

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Ratio of magnetic moment and angular momentum

\(\frac{\vec{\mu}}{\vec{L}}=\frac{q}{2 m}\)

For \(e^{-}\)

\(\vec{\mu}=-\frac{e}{2 m} \vec{L}\)

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