Neutron magnetic moment

Neutron magnetic moment
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The neutron magnetic moment is $(-1.9130427 \pm .0000005)\mu_N$ , where $μ N$ is the nuclear magneton.^[1]

The magnetic moment is negative which means that the neutron has a tendency to align antiparallel to a magnetic field rather than parallel to the field.

The non-zero magnetic moment of the neutron indicates that it is not an elementary particle, as it carries no net charge but still interacts with a magnetic field.

The Lande g-factor for the Neutron is -3.826 085 46 +- 0.000 000 90

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^ http://pdg.lbl.gov July 2006 Particle Physics Booklet, Particle Data Group

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