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Sharon25
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Spin and "intrinsic angular momentum"
After searching this forum for what exactly spin is my inference is that it is a misnomer for an electrons "intrinsic angular momentum"...so some doubts; may be I am being too blunt;
What is the difference between +1/2 and -1/2 spin?
Is the electron actually moving(it is has got to be either stationary or moving right?)
How exactly was this angular momentum calculated?
Since L=IW(OMEGA)
and I=k m r^2 what value of k and r was taken to say that to provide for its angular momentum electron must be moving at a velocity greater than that of light...was all possible values of r explored?(sure it must have been,but what is the maximum possible value of r here)?
And frankly there seems to be something wrong about saying that something processes an "intrinsic angular momentum"...
After searching this forum for what exactly spin is my inference is that it is a misnomer for an electrons "intrinsic angular momentum"...so some doubts; may be I am being too blunt;
What is the difference between +1/2 and -1/2 spin?
Is the electron actually moving(it is has got to be either stationary or moving right?)
How exactly was this angular momentum calculated?
Since L=IW(OMEGA)
and I=k m r^2 what value of k and r was taken to say that to provide for its angular momentum electron must be moving at a velocity greater than that of light...was all possible values of r explored?(sure it must have been,but what is the maximum possible value of r here)?
And frankly there seems to be something wrong about saying that something processes an "intrinsic angular momentum"...
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