Zeeman


pieter
[pee-tuh r] /ˈpi tər/ (show ipa), 1865–1943, dutch physicist: n-bel prize 1902.
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zeeman
(zā’män’)
dutch physicist whose study of light sources in a magnetic field resulted in his discovery and explanation of the zeeman effect. for this work he shared with hendrik lorentz the 1902 n-bel prize for physics. he also studied the absorption and motion of electricity in fluids and magnetic fields on the surface of the sun.

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