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Sokolov–Ternov effect
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<p> The Sokolov–Ternov effect is the effect of self-polarization of relativistic electrons or positrons moving at high energy in a <a href="/facts/Magnetic_field/Ta8Ev588">magnetic field</a>. The self-polarization occurs through the emission of spin-flip <a href="/facts/Synchrotron_radiation/mTsSKmRz">synchrotron radiation</a>. The effect was predicted by <a href="/facts/Igor_Ternov/IGoKoB7T">Igor Ternov</a> and the prediction rigorously justified by <a href="/facts/Arseny_Sokolov/W9oP4Knm">Arseny Sokolov</a> using exact solutions to the <a href="/facts/Dirac_equation/DzFaXS4p">Dirac equation</a>. </p>