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Igor Ternov
Igor Mikhailovich Ternov (; November 11, 1921 – April 12, 1996) was a Russian theoretical physicist, known for discovery of new quantum effects in microscopic particle motion such as "Dynamic Character of the Electron Anomalous Magnetic Moment", "the Effect of Radiative Polarization of Electrons and Positrons in a Magnetic Field," and "Quantum Fluctuations of Electron Trajectories in Accelerators".
Biography.
Igor Ternov graduated from Faculty of Physics of Moscow State University (MSU) in 1951, where he spent his entire
Sokolov–Ternov effect
The Sokolov–Ternov effect is the effect of self-polarization of relativistic electrons or positrons moving at high energy in a magnetic field. The self-polarization occurs through the emission of spin-flip synchrotron radiation. The effect was predicted by Igor Ternov and the prediction rigorously justified by Arseny Sokolov using exact solutions to the Dirac equation.
Theory.
An electron in a magnetic field can have its spin oriented in the same ("spin up") or in the opposite ("spin