Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site allegra.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!eagle!allegra!don From: don@allegra.UUCP (D. Mitchell) Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: answer to Zeeman effect question Message-ID: <2277@allegra.UUCP> Date: Sat, 11-Feb-84 20:49:52 EST Article-I.D.: allegra.2277 Posted: Sat Feb 11 20:49:52 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Feb-84 04:32:53 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 4 Putting an atom into a magnetic field does not create new energy levels that electrons can "fall into". It takes some levels that use to have the same energy and moves some up and the others down a little. There are still the same number of "slots" for the electrons.