: a potential difference observed between the edges of a conducting strip carrying a longitudinal current when placed in a magnetic field perpendicular to the plane of the strip
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This will be the first time this particular kind of electric engine, called a Hall effect thruster, has flown on a deep space mission.
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Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2023
Compared to traditional mechanical switches, Hall effect switches are notable for being analog and thus able to tell the difference between a slight and full press of each key.
—Jon Porter, The Verge, 5 Dec. 2023
The Hall effect, discovered by physicist Edwin Herbert Hall in 1879, describes a phenomenon in which applying a perpendicular magnetic field to a conductor creates a voltage that runs sideways across the material.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2023
Image: Cherry While optical and Hall effect keyboard switches are growing more popular, Cherry is sticking with its gold metal contacts for the Cherry MX2A switch.
—Jon Porter, The Verge, 24 Aug. 2023
Press the switch, and a Hall effect sensor in the PCB under the switch can sense that the magnet has gotten closer and register a keypress.
—Jon Porter, The Verge, 10 Aug. 2023
Tong ended up connecting the fluids on Earth to the quantum Hall effect again, but through a different approach, using the language of quantum field theory.
—Katie McCormick, Quanta Magazine, 18 July 2023
Graphene's Dirac points and the associated topology are connected to this material's ability to display a form of the quantum Hall effect that's unique even among 2-D materials—the half-integer quantum Hall effect—and the special kind of tunneling possible within it.
—Charles D. Brown Ii, Scientific American, 16 May 2023
In 2001, Bhattacharjee and his colleagues showed that only models that included the Hall effect yielded appropriately fast reconnection rates.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 May 2023
Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2023
Compared to traditional mechanical switches, Hall effect switches are notable for being analog and thus able to tell the difference between a slight and full press of each key.
—Jon Porter, The Verge, 5 Dec. 2023
The Hall effect, discovered by physicist Edwin Herbert Hall in 1879, describes a phenomenon in which applying a perpendicular magnetic field to a conductor creates a voltage that runs sideways across the material.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2023
Image: Cherry While optical and Hall effect keyboard switches are growing more popular, Cherry is sticking with its gold metal contacts for the Cherry MX2A switch.
—Jon Porter, The Verge, 24 Aug. 2023
Press the switch, and a Hall effect sensor in the PCB under the switch can sense that the magnet has gotten closer and register a keypress.
—Jon Porter, The Verge, 10 Aug. 2023
Tong ended up connecting the fluids on Earth to the quantum Hall effect again, but through a different approach, using the language of quantum field theory.
—Katie McCormick, Quanta Magazine, 18 July 2023
Graphene's Dirac points and the associated topology are connected to this material's ability to display a form of the quantum Hall effect that's unique even among 2-D materials—the half-integer quantum Hall effect—and the special kind of tunneling possible within it.
—Charles D. Brown Ii, Scientific American, 16 May 2023
In 2001, Bhattacharjee and his colleagues showed that only models that included the Hall effect yielded appropriately fast reconnection rates.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 May 2023
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