In reply to Eric Walker's message of Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:40:02 -0700: Hi, >On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 5:27 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Now let the >> entire ellipse swing around the focus like a hoola hoop. We have a second >> form >> of angular momentum (l). Note that the electron itself is still following >> the >> original trajectory around the perimeter of the ellipse as well, so it now >> has >> two forms of angular momentum. Remove it from the atom altogether, and it >> has >> neither. >> > >Interesting idea regarding an angular momentum from the precession of an >ellipsoid probability distribution around the nucleus. According to >Terry's link [1], the putative electron spin will always either be aligned >with or against a magnetic field. What's to make this kind of precession >not be a spherical one, e.g., such that the movement of the ellipsoid over >time rather than being planar instead cancels out any magnetic moment?
I have just presented a simple model that sort of makes sense of experimental data, without any miracles being required, and effectively does away with the unimaginable concept of a point particle with intrinsic angular momentum that QM seems to call for. I'm not sure that it will stand up to thorough scrutiny. However take a look at Mills' derivation of the spin of a spherical shell electron. It may at least partially answer your question. [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
