Re: THE 'RADIUS' OF THE ELECTRON?

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From: tadchem
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:45

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On Jul 24, 6:12 pm, Loui...@edu.herlufsholm.dk wrote:
> Questions:
> - What is the value of the experimentally measured ’radius’ of the
> electron?
> - What is the value of the experimentally measured ’radius’ of the
> proton?
>
> Best regards
> Louis Nielsen
> Denmark

What does a shadow weigh?

Your question has no answer because it presumes something that has not
yet been established - i.e. that an electron has, in some plane, a
circular cross section that is independent of the means by which it
may be measured.

The electron is not a geometrical object. It has no geometrical
properties.

It is a *physical* object.  It has physical properties such as rest
mass, charge, spin, angular momentum, etc.

"Why is there air?" - Bill Cosby (1965)

Tom Davidson
Richmond, VA

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