http://www.2xtreme.net/~boris/resrch.htm

"Brown University professor of physics and engineering,
Humphrey Maris, proposes that it is possible to split
the electron. A paper describing the theory appears in
the Aug. 1 Journal of Low Temperature Physics. Maris
presented his research at the International Conference
on Quantum Fluids and Solids, held in June at the
University of Minnesota in Minneapolis."

From:	Old Man
Subject:	Re: Electron Splitting possible? (Is electron really a point particle??)
Date:	Mon, 24 Jan 2005 00:59:54 -0600

"Kyle" wrote in message
news:1106539091.339343.180020@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>
> http://www.2xtreme.net/~boris/resrch.htm
>
> "Brown University professor of physics and engineering,
> Humphrey Maris, proposes that it is possible to split
> the electron. A paper describing the theory appears in
> the Aug. 1 Journal of Low Temperature Physics. Maris
> presented his research at the International Conference
> on Quantum Fluids and Solids, held in June at the
> University of Minnesota in Minneapolis."

What's the spin on half an electron ? Is it a fermion ?
How doe one get sin-1/2 from two spin-1/2 particles ?
Invent orbital angular momentum, L = hbar / 2 ? New
physics for the new century.

[Old Man]

From:	Fred Chen
Subject:	Re: Electron Splitting possible? (Is electron really a point particle??)
Date:	23 Jan 2005 22:06:09 -0800

I just read about this experiment briefly. My initial response (I'll
have to study this further when I get more time) is that the infrared
wavelength is exciting a much larger system than the bubble perceived
as trapping the electron wave initially. This larger system still
contains the electron, even though it appears to have 'fragmented'
among more than one bubble after infrared excitation.

From:	Fred Chen
Subject:	Re: Electron Splitting possible? (Is electron really a point particle??)
Date:	23 Jan 2005 22:13:22 -0800

Kyle wrote:
> http://www.2xtreme.net/~boris/resrch.htm
>
> "Brown University professor of physics and engineering,
> Humphrey Maris, proposes that it is possible to split
> the electron. A paper describing the theory appears in
> the Aug. 1 Journal of Low Temperature Physics. Maris
> presented his research at the International Conference
> on Quantum Fluids and Solids, held in June at the
> University of Minnesota in Minneapolis."

http://www.scienceblog.com/community/older/2000/C/200002825.html

Saying this is 'splitting the electron' is detracting from the real
highlights. The electron charge is conserved. The fragmented bubbles
arise in the excited state (following infrared excitation). Very
interesting electron wave engineering.

From:	Fred Chen
Subject:	Re: Electron Splitting possible? (Is electron really a point particle??)
Date:	23 Jan 2005 22:17:16 -0800

From:	Franz Heymann
Subject:	Re: Electron Splitting possible? (Is electron really a point particle??)
Date:	Mon, 24 Jan 2005 07:43:43 +0000 (UTC)

"Kyle" wrote in message
news:1106539091.339343.180020@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>
> http://www.2xtreme.net/~boris/resrch.htm
>
> "Brown University professor of physics and engineering,
> Humphrey Maris, proposes that it is possible to split
> the electron. A paper describing the theory appears in
> the Aug. 1 Journal of Low Temperature Physics. Maris
> presented his research at the International Conference
> on Quantum Fluids and Solids, held in June at the
> University of Minnesota in Minneapolis."

Did you misunderstand him, or is he really talking nonsense?
Why did the Journal of Low Temperature Physics accept a paper on
splitting an electron, which is essentially something for high energy
physicists, who are unlikely to read JLTP regularly?

It is, of course feasible to consider an electron wave function which
has 2 maxima with a very deep well between them. Is that what this
man is talking about? If so, that is now old news and is not a case
of splitting the electron.

Franz

From:	Fred Chen
Subject:	Re: Electron Splitting possible? (Is electron really a point particle??)
Date:	23 Jan 2005 22:17:15 -0800

Apologies to everyone for multiple posts. Google had not accepted them
during my initial efforts.

Fred

From:	Fred Chen
Subject:	Re: Electron Splitting possible? (Is electron really a point particle??)
Date:	23 Jan 2005 22:17:14 -0800

http://www.scienceblog.com/community/older/2000/C/200002825.html

Saying this is 'splitting the electron' is detracting from the real
highlights. The electron charge is conserved. The fragmented bubbles
arise in the excited state (following infrared excitation). Very
interesting electron wave engineering.

From:	Fred Chen
Subject:	Re: Electron Splitting possible? (Is electron really a point particle??)
Date:	23 Jan 2005 22:12:30 -0800