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SteDolan
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I'm a little confused about what is actually meant by the JP = 1/2 + octet.
I'm pretty sure it means the particles must have spin 1/2 in the ground state (l=0) and an even parity but what I'm confused over is the absence of an sss, uuu or ddd state. I understand that this would give I3 = 3/2 but why couldn't we have this but maintain spin 1/2?
I'm sure I'm just missing something obvious here, thanks a lot in advance for any help :D
I'm pretty sure it means the particles must have spin 1/2 in the ground state (l=0) and an even parity but what I'm confused over is the absence of an sss, uuu or ddd state. I understand that this would give I3 = 3/2 but why couldn't we have this but maintain spin 1/2?
I'm sure I'm just missing something obvious here, thanks a lot in advance for any help :D