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Suggested merger

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The "Neutron magnetic moment" article seems to make sense. 173.175.54.131 (talk) 05:16, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]


simple semi-Classical explanation ??

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First, quarks have spin-angular-momentum of ; typical charge of ; and typical mass of . Accordingly, the expected quark magneton would be:

Then, in units of ,

Then, assuming that

Then, that system of equations can be quickly solved, yielding

Then, accounting for up-quarks having twice the normal quark charge; and attributing the remaining discrepancies to differences in up-quark vs. down-quark masses,

in units of . Thus, a simple picture, of down-quarks having twice the mass, and (negative) half the charge, of up quarks; qualitatively accounts, for proton & neutron magnetons, as well as masses (neutrons heavier than protons).66.235.38.214 (talk) 03:42, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

As you can find in the page for Up quark and Down quark, typical quark masses are in fact around , so this is clearly not helpful. Also, as far as I can tell this is original work and according to Wikipedia's policy should not be included on the page. Ragnarstroberg (talk) 15:28, 15 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]