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nomadreid
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- When one says that quantum spin is an intrinsic property of a particle, does this mean that it cannot be reduced to other properties?
Some time ago, before particles turned out to be mutable wave excitations (making Alchemist's dreams sound nicer, I guess :-) ) , to say that something was an "elementary particle" meant that it couldn't be broken down further. OK, that idea bit the dust, but now there are intrinsic properties of particles -- are these similar to being "elementary" in that they are irreducible, or are they also one convenient point of reference from which to start, but in reality one could reduce it to other properties?
[Moderator's note: Moved from Classical to Quantum Physics.]
[Moderator's note: Moved from Classical to Quantum Physics.]
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