In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:22:01 -0400: Hi, [snip] >On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 5:50 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> BTW there is no potential barrier here. The proton and the electron carry >> opposite charges, so they are attracted to one another, rather than repelled. >> What is missing is sufficient mass to form a neutron. This can however be >> overcome if the mass difference is supplied in the form kinetic energy. > >How does the required energy compare to the spin momentum of the electron?
I suspect that *free* electrons have any spin momentum. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
