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Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Spin

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The term 'spin' refers to the intrinsic angular momentum of a particle. The spin of a particle has both a magnitude and a direction. In the case of the electron, the magnitude is 1/2 times Planck's constant, and the direction is either up or down.

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10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.107601

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