G-Factor

Dimensionless quantity relating a particle's magnetic moment to its angular momentum — the electron, Landé, and muon g-factors.

Specifications & Metrics

type

Spectroscopy & Structure

symbol

g

Core Principles & Analysis

• A dimensionless quantity that characterizes the magnetic moment and angular momentum of a particle or atom.
• Variants include the electron spin and orbital g-factors and the Landé total-angular-momentum g-factor of spectroscopy.
• The muon g-factor and its anomalous deviation from the Dirac prediction are the subject of precision g−2 experiments.

Sources

• Wikipedia: G-factor (physics)