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 . However, in the standard model the charged W boson, a spin one particle, is found to have the value . 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.
Cite
@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