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  2. Spin (physics) - Wikipedia

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    The conventional definition of the spin quantum number is s = ⁠ n / 2 ⁠, where n can be any non-negative integer. Hence the allowed values of s are 0, ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠, 1, ⁠ 3 / 2 ⁠, 2, etc. The value of s for an elementary particle depends only on the type of particle and cannot be altered in any known way (in contrast to the spin ...

  3. Electron - Wikipedia

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    in nuclear reactions) is a subatomic particle with a negative one elementary electric charge. [13] Electrons belong to the first generation of the lepton particle family, [14] and are generally thought to be elementary particles because they have no known components or substructure. [1] The electron's mass is approximately ⁠ 1 / 1836 ⁠ that ...

  4. Spinon - Wikipedia

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    [6] [7] The research states that by firing a beam of X-ray photons at a single electron in a one-dimensional sample of strontium cuprate, this will excite the electron to a higher orbital, causing the beam to lose a fraction of its energy in the process. In doing so, the electron will be separated into a spinon and an orbiton.

  5. Charge density wave - Wikipedia

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    The electrons in such a CDW, like those in a superconductor, can flow through a linear chain compound en masse, in a highly correlated fashion. Unlike a superconductor, however, the electric CDW current often flows in a jerky fashion, much like water dripping from a faucet, due to its electrostatic properties.

  6. Spin quantum number - Wikipedia

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    A pair of electrons in a spin singlet state has S = 0, and a pair in the triplet state has S = 1, with m S = −1, 0, or +1. Nuclear-spin quantum numbers are conventionally written I for spin, and m I or M I for the z-axis component. The name "spin" comes from a geometrical spinning of the electron about an axis, as proposed by Uhlenbeck and ...

  7. Electron magnetic moment - Wikipedia

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    The spin magnetic moment is intrinsic for an electron. [3] It is = . Here S is the electron spin angular momentum. The spin g-factor is approximately two: . The factor of two indicates that the electron appears to be twice as effective in producing a magnetic moment as a charged body for which the mass and charge distributions are identical.

  8. Matter wave - Wikipedia

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    By contrast, strongly interacting particles like slow electrons and molecules require vacuum: the matter wave properties rapidly fade when they are exposed to even low pressures of gas. [67] With special apparatus, high velocity electrons can be used to study liquids and gases. Neutrons, an important exception, interact primarily by collisions ...

  9. Spin polarization - Wikipedia

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    In particle physics, spin polarization is the degree to which the spin, i.e., the intrinsic angular momentum of elementary particles, is aligned with a given direction. [1] This property may pertain to the spin, hence to the magnetic moment, of conduction electrons in ferromagnetic metals, such as iron, giving rise to spin-polarized currents.