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IN order to obtain an interpretation of the anomalous Zeeman effect, the multiplet structure, etc., Uhlenbeck and Goudsmit (Physika, 1925; Naturw., 953, 1925; NATURE, 117, 264; cf. Thomas, NATURE, 117, 514; Slater, NATURE, 117, 587; London, Naturw., 15, 15, 1927; Darwin, NATURE, 119, 282) assume that the magnetic moment corresponding to the spinning movement of the electron is just twice as great as that of the revolving electric point-charge with the same mechanical angular momentum. In the following, an attempt is made to derive this assumption from the relativistic Schrödinger wave equation in connexion with the electrodynamic meaning of the wave function .
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GUTH, E. Spinning Electron and Wave Mechanics. Nature 119, 744 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/119744a0
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