Recent content by Chris Frisella

True! In the absence of a ball to hand I have been doing it in my mind. It's interesting. I should get a real ball too.

Cool. That's like some rubix-cube action.

You did actually pique my interest :-) How does this experiment go?

Thank you for your response. I don't necessarily mean that it must be physically spinning, just that there is evidently a hard connection between spin and ordinary motion/momentum. I'm sure the charge of the electron is part of this deflection as well, but it's the spin that is determining the...

The spin (up or down) determins the direction of deflection of the massive electron, thus a connection between spin and common motion, force, momentum etc.

Got it. Then here seems to be a connection between spin and tangible momentum.

Thank you. I understand the concept this far. Now what's needed is a clear bridge between the electron's spin and actual, tangible motion. I believe the electron's spin will cause the electron to be deflected if it is shot through an external magnetic field, yes?

I'm referring to the particle. Shouldn't any representation of the particle (wave function) share the same attributes of the particle itself...?

That's too much sarcasm for sure. Does "intrinsic angular momentum" influence a magnetic field?

We'll take this bit by bit. Particle spin is angular momentum, correct?

Ok. How do you define "unphysical" here?

Fair enough. That's helpful. Still though, I believe that a complete understanding of these problems would allow for an answer that tends towards tangability with basic English.

That may be true, but it's hard to wade through the abstract math.

You seem to have a fixed notion/delusion that I'm attacking physics. That's actually not the case; I am simply looking for answers that are tangible.

Oh, pardon me for wanting to understand. I already addressed this. ?