SPIN AND RELATIVITY: A SEMICLASSICAL MODEL FOR ELECTRON SPIN

The quantum relationship <img border=0 width=72 height=25 src="http:/fbpe/img/ingeniare/v16nespecial/image11-1.gif">may be regarded as the equivalence between two expressions for the rest energy of the particle, if <img border=0 width=17 height=26 src="http:/fbpe/img/ingeniar...

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Autor principal:	Torres-Silva,Héctor
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad de Tarapacá. 2008
Materias:	Chiral potential matter theory wave-particle
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-330520080004000112015-04-10SPIN AND RELATIVITY: A SEMICLASSICAL MODEL FOR ELECTRON SPINTorres-Silva,Héctor Chiral potential matter theory wave-particle The quantum relationship <img border=0 width=72 height=25 src="http:/fbpe/img/ingeniare/v16nespecial/image11-1.gif">may be regarded as the equivalence between two expressions for the rest energy of the particle, if <img border=0 width=17 height=26 src="http:/fbpe/img/ingeniare/v16nespecial/image11-2.gif">is considered as the spin angular velocity of the particle in its rest frame. The invariance of the relativistic space-time interval <img border=0 width=95 height=26 src="http:/fbpe/img/ingeniare/v16nespecial/image11-3.gif">to such a spin motion (space isotropy) leads to the spin momentum <img border=0 width=53 height=30 src="http:/fbpe/img/ingeniare/v16nespecial/image11-4.gif">for all structureless particles irrespective of their mass values. The inertia is an intrinsic property due to the spin motion of the particles. The signs of the mass values occurring in the solutions of the Dirac equation might be related to the orientation of the spin motion, as suggested by the fundamental relationship <img border=0 width=88 height=28 src="http:/fbpe/img/ingeniare/v16nespecial/image11-5.gif">. Besides it deals with the electron, and more specifically with two key properties: its complex wavefunction, and its intrinsic spin. In the standard interpretation, there is no clear real-space picture of what is oscillating in the wave, or what is rotating in the spin. Indeed, it is generally believed that no simple model of rotation can account for the spin of the electron. On the contrary, the present paper shows that a crude mechanical model of coherently rotating vortices can account quantitatively not only for spin, but also for the wavefunction itself. The implications of this are discussed in this paper.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad de Tarapacá.Ingeniare. Revista chilena de ingeniería v.16 n.especial 20082008-03-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-33052008000400011en10.4067/S0718-33052008000400011
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topic	Chiral potential matter theory wave-particle
spellingShingle	Chiral potential matter theory wave-particle Torres-Silva,Héctor SPIN AND RELATIVITY: A SEMICLASSICAL MODEL FOR ELECTRON SPIN
description	The quantum relationship <img border=0 width=72 height=25 src="http:/fbpe/img/ingeniare/v16nespecial/image11-1.gif">may be regarded as the equivalence between two expressions for the rest energy of the particle, if <img border=0 width=17 height=26 src="http:/fbpe/img/ingeniare/v16nespecial/image11-2.gif">is considered as the spin angular velocity of the particle in its rest frame. The invariance of the relativistic space-time interval <img border=0 width=95 height=26 src="http:/fbpe/img/ingeniare/v16nespecial/image11-3.gif">to such a spin motion (space isotropy) leads to the spin momentum <img border=0 width=53 height=30 src="http:/fbpe/img/ingeniare/v16nespecial/image11-4.gif">for all structureless particles irrespective of their mass values. The inertia is an intrinsic property due to the spin motion of the particles. The signs of the mass values occurring in the solutions of the Dirac equation might be related to the orientation of the spin motion, as suggested by the fundamental relationship <img border=0 width=88 height=28 src="http:/fbpe/img/ingeniare/v16nespecial/image11-5.gif">. Besides it deals with the electron, and more specifically with two key properties: its complex wavefunction, and its intrinsic spin. In the standard interpretation, there is no clear real-space picture of what is oscillating in the wave, or what is rotating in the spin. Indeed, it is generally believed that no simple model of rotation can account for the spin of the electron. On the contrary, the present paper shows that a crude mechanical model of coherently rotating vortices can account quantitatively not only for spin, but also for the wavefunction itself. The implications of this are discussed in this paper.
author	Torres-Silva,Héctor
author_facet	Torres-Silva,Héctor
author_sort	Torres-Silva,Héctor
title	SPIN AND RELATIVITY: A SEMICLASSICAL MODEL FOR ELECTRON SPIN
title_short	SPIN AND RELATIVITY: A SEMICLASSICAL MODEL FOR ELECTRON SPIN
title_full	SPIN AND RELATIVITY: A SEMICLASSICAL MODEL FOR ELECTRON SPIN
title_fullStr	SPIN AND RELATIVITY: A SEMICLASSICAL MODEL FOR ELECTRON SPIN
title_full_unstemmed	SPIN AND RELATIVITY: A SEMICLASSICAL MODEL FOR ELECTRON SPIN
title_sort	spin and relativity: a semiclassical model for electron spin
publisher	Universidad de Tarapacá.
publishDate	2008
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SPIN AND RELATIVITY: A SEMICLASSICAL MODEL FOR ELECTRON SPIN

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