Thanks for the answers...seems like I need to build up my knowledge base...The reason why I persisted with the question is that it seemed to me analogous to saying that something at rest has "intrinsic velocity"...(ie when we say that something has momentum which we can't account for with its...
Hm...is pauli's exclusive principle totally out of context here? that requires electrons to be of opposite spin right...and thus spin (ie the associated magnetic moment) in turn helps to exclude other electrons of same state..
even here it seems difficult to see "spin" as something unconnected...
Naty, I am quite familiar with the idea presented in reply #18. I asked the question keeping that in mind. But thanks for that long reply
Suppose we are observing an electron in a atom, ie now its a particle...so now would it be spinning about in different planes.?(Here again I am not assuming...
No Naty, that was an error which I corrected after posting within a minute or two..see above
I just mixed up "spin" and position of a particle for a while...
Saying that electron is a wavicle is no substitute for explaining the logic behind something.
Those links are disappointing... Please...
Now would it be right to imagine a changing shape but similar to Earth rotating clockwise or anticlockwise or would the plane of rotation itself be inclined at different angles...ie moving hither and thither but yet a kind of rotation.
(say like if the equatorial plane would orient itself at...
I just made a thoughtless remark and is editing it...What prevents electrons from rotating? what exactly happens at that level?
Bill, these days I often come across this remark ie "some thing cannot be picturised in terms of classical mechanics" Thats fine but, it would have been ok if the...
1.So is it the "intrinsic angular momentum" that gives rise to an electrons magnetic moment? I thought it had to do with the orientation of the orbital.
2.If we perform Stern-Gerlach experiment with Bosons say with spin 1 where exactly are these particles likely to be found on the screen...
Jolb the links provided were useful...but I have some doubts remaining.
1.Was this value of "Intrinsic angular momentum" ie h/2 calculated experimentally-say from location of spots after Stern Gerlach expt etc or was it merely predicted by some formula?
2.Is the electron in an atom actually...
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...