In reply to Axil Axil's message of Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:14:19 -0400: Hi, [snip] >*...if an electron has spin 1/2 and a photon spin 1, then how does the >combination end up with spin 1? >* > >Because that is what Wikipedia says. > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polariton > >*The polariton is a bosonic quasiparticle, and should not be confused with >the polaron, a fermionic one, e.g. an electron plus attached phonon cloud.
This is an electron + "phonon"s (not a photon). Perhaps the polariton may then later also couple with a photon, though you need to note that there are things called "optical phonons", which are phonons at optical frequencies. Optical phonons may be responsible for some of the "optical" references. In short you need to read this stuff very carefully. >* [snip] >> >The capture time of the photon is important to the LENR+ reaction because >> >while the photon and electron are combined, the electron becomes a boson >> >with spin of 1. >> >> ...if an electron has spin 1/2 and a photon spin 1, then how does the >> combination end up with spin 1? >> >> Regards, >> >> Robin van Spaandonk [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
