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Calculation of the Spinning Speed of a Free Electron
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
Department of Physics, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Aksaray, Aksaray, Turkey
Department of Engineering in Physics, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
- 1 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
- 2 Department of Physics, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA
- 3 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Aksaray, Aksaray, Turkey
- 4 Department of Engineering in Physics, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
Journal of Modern Physics·Volume 11 (2019)·Pages 9–15·Published 31 December 2019·DOI10.4236/jmp.2020.111002
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Abstract
In a recent work, we calculated the magnetic field inside a free electron due to its spin, and found it to be about B = 8.3 × 10 13 T. In the present study we calculate the spinning speed of a free electron in the current loop model. We show that spinning speed is equal to the speed of light. Therefore it is shown that if electron was not spinning the mass of electron would be zero. But since spinning is an unseparable part of an electron, we say that mass of electron is non-zero and is equal to ( m = 9.11 × 10 − 28 g).
KeywordsSpinning SpeedIntrinsic CurrentIntrinsic Magnetic FieldThe Intrinsic Flux of ElectronCurrent Loop Model
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