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i was looking through the forums and i saw a mention of spin; what is spin? is it like the intrinsic property of particles?
Sorry, I don't know anything about molecular dynamics, but I would guess that if molecules are free to develop angular momentum states, e.g. if they are free and not bound in some kind of lattice, then those states would be quantized like any other. In other words, I would expect molecules to take on discreet (quantized) values.sorry didnt specify i meant spin of molecules i guess? i dont know in the forum someone said something about the spin of a certain molecule, ...
The numbers you give for the u/d quarks are their electric charge values (measured in the same units in which the electron has a charge of -1, but never +1). Electric charge is conserved and cannot change the way a spin state can change.... but while we're on the subject why do quarks have set +/- (u=+1/2 d=-1/2) while electrons can be +/- 1/2 is it because color satisfies the pauli exclusion principle?
sorry didnt specify i meant spin of molecules i guess? i dont know in the forum someone said something about the spin of a certain molecule, but while we're on the subject why do quarks have set +/- (u=+1/2 d=-1/2) while electrons can be +/- 1/2 is it because color satisfies the pauli exclusion principle?
to axlm: ah ok that makes sense; what effect does spin have on the molecule?