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They say that a photon has two degrees of freedom, its two polarization states.
Does that also mean that the electron has only two degrees of freedom, its two spin states?
What about the frequency of a photon, is that not a degree of freedom? Or the three space directions that a electron can travel? What mans degree of freedom anyway when referring to elementary particles and its quantum fields?
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Does that also mean that the electron has only two degrees of freedom, its two spin states?
What about the frequency of a photon, is that not a degree of freedom? Or the three space directions that a electron can travel? What mans degree of freedom anyway when referring to elementary particles and its quantum fields?
thanks