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How Large is the "Natural" Magnetic Moment?

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-11 v1 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

The "natural" magntic moment of a particle of spin S is generally assumed to be that given by the Belinfante conjecture and has the value g=1/S for its gyromagnetic ratio. Thus, for the spin 1/2 electron we find the Dirac value ge=2g_e=2. However, in the standard model the charged W boson, a spin one particle, is found to have the value gW+=2g_{W^+}=2. We show how this result comes about and argue that the "natural" value for any particle of spin S should be g=2, independent of spin.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0607187,
  title  = {How Large is the "Natural" Magnetic Moment?},
  author = {Barry R. Holstein},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0607187},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

23 pages, 2 figures, to be published in the American Journal of Physics