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IN continuing the development of the theory of the masses of protons and electrons, according to which mp, me are the two roots of the equation 10 m2 136 mm0 + m0 = 0, I have obtained a confirmation which seems of interest. Considering a hydrogen atom, and introducing a magnetic field by a gauge transformation, the theory is found to give values of the magnetic energy which agree with the results of the Stern-Gerlach experiment—results commonly (but, as it would seem, wrongly) supposed to show that the proton has 5/2 units of spin. It is difficult to describe this application apart from the rather comprehensive theory—contained in a book now in the press—to which it belongs ; but the following will perhaps indicate the line of treatment.
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EDDINGTON, A. Theory of the Stern-Gerlach Effect. Nature 137, 1029 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/1371029a0
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