{
  "id": "quant-ph/0504068",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2005-04-08T22:35:12.000Z",
  "updated": "2005-04-08T22:35:12.000Z",
  "title": "Spin as the Basis for Quantum Mechanics: A New Semiclassical Model for Electron Spin",
  "authors": [
    "Alan M. Kadin"
  ],
  "comment": "9 pages, 1 figures",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "A simple real-space model for the free-electron wavefunction with spin is proposed, based on coherent vortices on the scale of h/mc, rotating at mc^2/h. This reproduces the proper values for electron spin and magnetic moment. Transformation to a moving reference frame turns this into a wave with the de Broglie wavelength. The mapping of the real two-dimensional vector phasor to the complex plane satisfies the Schrodinger equation. This suggests a fundamental role for spin in quantum mechanics.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2005-04-08T22:35:12.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "quantum mechanics",
      "electron spin",
      "semiclassical model",
      "real two-dimensional vector phasor",
      "moving reference frame turns"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 9,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2005quant.ph..4068K"
    }
  }
}