Thinking in terms of particles give people a warm feeling, but the quasi particle concept comes out of the wave mature of matter. One concept that Mills does not accept is non locality of a particle's quantum properties.
It is analogous to a person that accepts monotonic music that is produced by one instrument but does not believe in the music that is produced by an orchestra. A collection of electrons can form a complex song rich in wave function complexity. To make this complex song of the electron easer to understand, the quasiparticle concept was invented. For example, photons and electrons can come together to form a single complex waveform called polaritron(a quasiparticle). I strongly suspect that Mills would not accept that this type of waveform is real even though a complete branch of science is based on it. On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 4:24 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > In reply to Axil Axil's message of Thu, 16 Jan 2014 22:06:06 -0500: > Hi, > [snip] > >If the spin and charge leave the elctron, what happens to the orbit and > >energy of the electron. > > > >Remember that he quantum properties of the electron can be > >separated(delocalized) into separate quasiparticles: spin, charge, and > >orbit. > > To me, a "quasi particle" sounds like a mathematical manipulation, not > necessarily a real phenomenon. > [snip] > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html > >
