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Electrons Pin
Electrons Pin
By Gengyun Li
Publishers Catalogue in Publication Data Li, Gengyun What is the electron spin? / By Gengyun Li p. cm. Includes index ISBN 0-9743974-9-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2003095819 1. Electromagnetic Fields I. Title QC665.E4 2003 537.02.02-dc20
23. The hydrogen atom spectrum.....69 24. Time-space and energy-momentum...78 Appendix..81 Index.89
Chapter
1
me c 2 = e2 4 0 r0
Introduction
The electron has both an intrinsic electric field and an intrinsic magnetic field. The electrons intrinsic electromagnetic field has both energy and angular momentum. In our book, we have the assumption that the electron has the electromagnetic origin, the electron spin is the electrons electromagnetic field angular momentum, and the electrons self-energy is the electrons electromagnetic field energy. The simplest model of electron spin is a spinning electrically charged ball, similar to the earth rotating about its own axis. In this model, the electrons rest energy equals the electrostatic potential energy of a sphere of charge e with radius r0 : (1.1)
In which r0 is the classical radius of the electron, me is the electrons mass. Combine electron mass me with radius r0 , and we get electron spin angular momentum:
me vr0 =