What is the spin of a particle?
In: Physics
There were some new properties identified in looking at subatomic particles, and so they needed names. The names are: spin, charge, and mass. Charge and mass mean the same thing they mean for ordinary particles, except charge has values like ±1/3 and ±2/3 unlike their normal integer values. Spin is related to angular momentum in a way that’s not very intuitive, so let’s just consider it another generic parameter.
Naming things is hard, when they are invisible, leading to generations as a term that has nothing to do with biology, not to mention charm and strange. I suppose it could have been better if they just made up words, rather than recycling words, but then we’d also be spelling them wrong.
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