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Hanle effect

(zero-field level crossing)
(effect of magnetic field on the polarization of emitted photons)

The Hanle effect is an effect of a magnetic field on the electromagnetic radiation (EMR) emitted by atoms/molecules within that magnetic field. In contrast, Faraday rotation is an effect caused by a magnetic field on EMR passing through, i.e., subsequent to its emission. The Hanle effect is on the direction and intensity of linear polarization and is of use in determining the direction and strength of the field. However, the degree of the effect given higher field-strengths flattens, i.e., beyond some limited regime, there is little difference in the effect, this higher-field-strength regime termed the saturated Hanle effect.


(physics,magnetism,EMR)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanle_effect
http://courses.washington.edu/phys432/hanle/hanle-effect.pdf
http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007msfa.conf..317S/abstract
https://nso.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Lecture_26_Hanle2.pdf
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001ASPC..248..409C/abstract

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