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- Why do particles spin all the time?
All elementary particles have an intrinsic spin/angular momentum.  The fact that particles spin at all is due to Special Relativity.  How MUCH they spin, half-integer multiples of reduced Planck's Constant, is due to Quantum Mechanics.  Right?
Apparently, the reason particles spin at all is because two non-colinear Lorentz Boosts are the same as one Lorentz Boost followed by a rotation. How do you go from that to all particles spin all the time?
Thanks in advance.
				
			Apparently, the reason particles spin at all is because two non-colinear Lorentz Boosts are the same as one Lorentz Boost followed by a rotation. How do you go from that to all particles spin all the time?
Thanks in advance.
 
 
		