Timeline for How fast can you spin a proton or electron without breaking it?
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| Aug 19, 2017 at 8:33 | vote | accept | CoryG | ||
| Aug 14, 2017 at 18:20 | comment | added | Lawrence B. Crowell | An electron as a string could be spun in much the same way a QCD string or bag can be spun. The energy scale is much larger. As for spinning a proton, I indicated exactly what the energy steps were where it 'breaks apart." | |
| Aug 14, 2017 at 12:19 | comment | added | ACuriousMind♦ | 1. What is the first paragraph, in particular "as a string", supposed to mean, and why would the required energy be near the Planck scale? 2. You say that one can spin a proton, but you don't actually answer the question of if/when it will break apart at some sufficiently high angular momentum. | |
| Aug 14, 2017 at 12:06 | history | edited | Lawrence B. Crowell | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 14, 2017 at 4:17 | comment | added | rob♦ | The text on your figure (v1) is not legible. Could you possibly replace with a legible version? And while you're editing, could you add a link to the source for your figure? Thanks. | |
| Aug 14, 2017 at 1:59 | history | answered | Lawrence B. Crowell | CC BY-SA 3.0 |