home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   sci.physics.research      Current physics research. (Moderated)      17,516 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 16,445 of 17,516   
   Lawrence Crowell to ben...@hotmail.com   
   Re: Preparation of electron spin directi   
   02 Mar 19 09:01:28   
   
   From: goldenfieldquaternions@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, March 1, 2019 at 3:09:33 AM UTC-6, ben...@hotmail.com wrote:   
      
   >   
   > Thank you, Tom.   
   >   
   > I am not clear that the electron spin axis in your post has been aligned   
   > exactly with a given direction.  I agree that it is aligned in the   
   > direction of its linear momentum, but that direction was not (could not   
   > be?) a given or pre-selected direction.   
      
   The electron with a mass has spin with projection along the momentum given   
   by m = 1/2, -1/2. I indicated above what the uncertainty in momenta is with   
   measurement, and since the z-component of spin is projected along the   
   momentum the above uncertainty in angle will pertain to the spin of the   
   electron.   
      
   LC   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca