In reply to MarkI-ZeroPoint's message of Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:50:56 -0700: Hi, [snip] >I would posit that spin is the phase relationship of the oscillations... > >-----Original Message----- >From: Terry Blanton [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 2:35 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Vo]:RE: Proton radius in question, after 3 years the textbooks >may need to be corrected... > >On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 4:14 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> How about +1/2 + -1/2 = 0? > >Is negative spin spatial orientation?
In QM, a spin value of 1/2 means that a quantity may have two values, either + 1/2 of - 1/2. A spin of 1 means either +1 or - 1. (If I understand my QM correctly). Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
