1. May 3, 2015 #1

   Xuekai Du

   

   baryon decuplet and octet have same quark content, but has spin 1/2 and 3/2. So what gives octet the extra spin?

    

   Xuekai Du, May 3, 2015
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3. May 3, 2015 #2

   mfb

   

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   I don't think that is a meaningful question. You have two ways to combine three spin 1/2 particles to a total spin, 1/2 and 3/2. There is no "extra spin".

    

   mfb, May 3, 2015

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