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kmarinas86
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"If photons travel at c, how do they spin?"
I thought the time dilation would mean that the photon would be in a frozen like state. Is this spin real? How does a point particle spin? How does a wave spin? I'm not sure whether this spin is actually a spin in the literal sense. Also, if it is not a literal spin, then is the angular momentum of a photon ±h/2pi not a literal angular momentum?
I thought the time dilation would mean that the photon would be in a frozen like state. Is this spin real? How does a point particle spin? How does a wave spin? I'm not sure whether this spin is actually a spin in the literal sense. Also, if it is not a literal spin, then is the angular momentum of a photon ±h/2pi not a literal angular momentum?