Electrons: Spin Up or Spin Down?

[Random Variable]

How do you feel about electrons?



4/10

 

[Qacer]

Spintronics

 

[JonnyStarks]

This parody: Thumbs down

 

[suse920]

spin across

 

[mrrman]

Originally posted by: suse920
spin across

what he said

 

[miniMUNCH]

42?

<-- deals with electron spin and angular momentum all day long...cool but hard.

 

[CraigRT]

someone set us up the bomb

 

[aplefka]

Parody thread of what? Someone talking about spintronics?

 

[illusion88]

Actually they dont spin at all

 

[JonnyStarks]

Originally posted by: miniMUNCH
42?

<-- deals with electron spin and angular momentum all day long...cool but hard.

<--- Taking a first year spectroscopy course... REALLY cool stuff.

Are you a student or does your job have to do with that?

 

[Random Variable]

Originally posted by: suse920
spin across

They don't "spin" in any other direction. As to why they don't, take an advanced quantum mechanics course because I don't understand the reasoning.

 

[Megatomic]

Electrons spin in two directions here: in the direction of the beam and 180 degrees out of phase. So I cannot vote in your poll.

 

[jagec]

I like spin up. They're a better sort of electron...more honest, harder working...an electron you can depend on.

 

[Tom]

you mean on their axis or orbital ?

btw, does electrons got an axis ?

 

[Megatomic]

Oh and due to the dipoles and quads (and even the correctors to a small extent) the electrons' spin "precesses" as the electrons make their way around the machine. 10 times in a 5 pass machine.

 

[Wallydraigle]

If I were an electron, I think I'd spin diagonally. I gotta be me.

 

[Heisenberg]

Electrons can have a spin in any direction. The projection of their spin along any given axis is quantized and can only have the values + or - hbar/2.