What Is the Zeeman Effect

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Multiple Choice

What is the Zeeman effect?

• A) the generation of magnetic fields by the motion of charged particles
• B) the attraction of two areas of opposite magnetic polarity toward each other
• C) the inability of charged particles to move perpendicular to magnetic field lines
• D) the splitting of spectral lines emitted by atoms within a magnetic field

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