Moment t Mmen t, hay mmen lng cc t (magnetic dipole moment) l i lng vt l, c trng cho mnh yu ca ngun t. Trong trng hp n gin l mt dng in kn, mmen lng cc t c nh ngha bi:
vi l vct din tch (c ln l din tch, chiu l vct php tuyn ca mt , xc nh t quy tc bn tay phi, l cng dng in. Trong trng hp mt in tch chuyn ng quay, mmen t s c cho bi biu thc:
vi l mt dng in. Trong vt l nguyn t, vt l ht nhn, ngi ta dng khi nim mmen t ca cc ht, c n v l magneton Bohr (hay Bohr magneton, k hiu l ). Mmen t ca cc ht lin quan n chuyn ng ni ti ca cc ht (chuyn ng spin) hoc mmen t ca nguyn t c to ra t mmen t tng cng ca cc ht (chuyn ng spin) v chuyn ng trn qu o ca cc ht. Trong mt h ht, mmen t c xc nh bi tng mmen t ca cc ht thnh phn. Mc lc [n] 1 Ngun gc 2 Tng tc vi t trng 3 Mmen t ca in t 4 Mmen t ht nhn 5 Xem thm [sa]Ngun gc Mmen t c th gii thch bng m hnh mt thanh nam chm thng c cc t cc nm 2 u v ngc du nhau. Mi t cc l mt ngun to ra lc t c ln gim dn theo khong cch. Khi 2 cp n cc t ny kt hp vi nhau thnh mt cp, cc lc tng tc s ngc chiu nhau v to nn mmen lng cc, t l vi ln ca n cc t v khong cch gia chng:
v y, chnh l mmen lng cc t Bt c mt vt th mang in no khi chuyn ng quay u to ra mmen t, mmen t cng l c trng ca cc ht c bn. Mmen t ca mt h xc nh trn mt n v th tch hay mt n v khi lng to ra t ha. n v ca mmen t l [sa]Tng tc vi t trng Khi mt vt th c mmen t m t trong t trng c cm ng t B, s c mt mmen lc tc dng ln mmen lng cc t cho bi: T = m B Mmen lc ny khin cho cc mmen lng cc t c xu hng nh hng theo chiu t trng. y l nguyn l hot ng ca la bn hay nhiu loi ng c in. Do lc t tc ng ln mment t l lc th, cc mmen t nm trong t trng cng c th nng: U = -m.B Nu mmen t nm trong t trng khng u, n va chu mmen lc va chu lc y hoc ko F:
Lc ht y ny l gii lc ht y gia cc nam chm. [sa]Mmen t ca in t in t trong nguyn t c mmen t to nn do ng gp ca 2 thnh phn: Mmen t qu o: c to ra khi in t chuyn ng quanh ht nhn. Theo c hc lng t, gi tr ny b gin on v c ln:
hnh chiu ca n ln trc ca t trng s nhn gi tr:
vi l s lng t qu o v s lng t t. Mmen t spin: do in t c moment ring spin (xem bi Spin). V mmen t tng cng ca in t trong nguyn t s l:
vi l mmen tng cng to nn t 2 mmen spin v qu o l tha s Land, l cc s lng t qu o v spin. [sa]Mmen t ht nhn Mmen t ht nhn c to nn t mmen t ring ca cc ht thnh phn cu to nn ht nhn (proton, neutron..)