An experimental platform for investigation of the Zeeman effect in strong magnetic fields

N A Huerta; Z J Minaker; V V Ivanov; R C Mancini; K J Swanson; H K Hariharan

doi:10.1063/5.0176967

An experimental platform for investigation of the Zeeman effect in strong magnetic fields

Rev Sci Instrum. 2024 Apr 1;95(4):043507. doi: 10.1063/5.0176967.

Authors

N A Huerta¹, Z J Minaker¹, V V Ivanov¹, R C Mancini¹, K J Swanson¹, H K Hariharan¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N Virginia St., Reno, Nevada 89557, USA.

PMID: 38624362
DOI: 10.1063/5.0176967

Abstract

An experimental platform is developed for the investigation of the Zeeman effect in strong magnetic fields. Mega-Gauss magnetic fields are generated by a 1 MA Zebra pulsed power machine using metal rod loads. A gas jet or CH oil on the load is the source of hydrogen. Excited hydrogen atoms are backlit by black body radiation from the rod load. Hydrogen absorption spectra are recorded with a grating spectrometer and intensified gated CCD camera. The experimental platform enables the observation of the quadratic Zeeman effect in hydrogen gas jets using the spectral shift of the central line in the Zeeman triplet. Other gases can be studied using the gas jet method.