Hello there!
I’ve seen a meme saying something like: “Electron spin explained: imagine a ball that’s rotating, except it’s not a ball and it’s not rotating”.
I remember from school the electrons were represented like balls and there was this spin number also.
So, what’s wrong with that? What’s the true from of an Electron?
Sorry for the bad English.
In: Physics
An electron is a quantum object. At that level properties like shapes, size, etc. which you know from classical objects don’t really exist anymore (even things like position are difficult to impossible to determine for sure).
Even things like atoms, which are much much bigger than electrons don’t have a clearly defined shape, in the sense that there is a sharp edge between “atom” and “non-atom”.
This is even more true for electrons. Electrons are not just single objects, which can only collide with each other, but they can also show effects like interference, which is a thing that is only possible for waves in classical physics.
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