Where does the photon get its angular momentum, when it and its twin appear
from positron-electron enillalation?
I am not familiar with what line splitting the cyclotron frequency is.
Bob Cook
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Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: Magnetic moment .vs motion as source of magnetic field
In reply to Bob Cook's message of Mon, 14 Dec 2015 19:29:26 -0800:
Hi,
[snip]
IMO free electrons have no magnetic moment, because they have no
"spin",
which
is not an intrinsic property of the electron, but rather a direct
consequence of
being bound to an atom.<<<<
Now I would say that is a departure from conventional thinking.
Yup.
Can you further explain this conclusion? I would guess that you would say
that an electron has no intrinsic angular momentum as well as photons
having
none.
No, I think photons do have angular momentum, though I don't think electrons
do.
But it's just a hunch. One of the things that makes me think this is the
fact
when a free electron circles in a magnetic field, you get cyclotron
radiation,
but I would expect line splitting of the cyclotron frequency if free
electrons
also had an intrinsic magnetic moment.
Bob Cook
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