Quantum Numbers [The Physics Travel Guide]

--- basic_notions:quantum_numbers [2017/12/13 13:05]
jakobadmin [Student]
+++ basic_notions:quantum_numbers [2018/03/28 13:13]
jakobadmin [Intuitive]
@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 ====== Quantum Numbers ======
-<tabbox Why is it interesting?>
+<tabbox Intuitive>
 Quantum numbers are what we use to label elementary particles and their values are crucial for the behaviour of particles in experiment.
-<tabbox Layman>
+For example, an electron is defined by the following quantum numbers
-<note tip>
+  * mass: $9,109 \cdot 10^{-31}$ kg
-Explanations in this section should contain no formulas, but instead colloquial things like you would hear them during a coffee break or at a cocktail party.
+  * spin: $\frac{1}{2}$
-</note>
+  * electric charge: $1,602 \cdot 10^{-19}$ C
+  * weak charge, called weak isospin: $-\frac{1}{2}$
-<tabbox Student>
+  * strong charge, called color charge: $0$
+These labels determine how a given elementary particle behaves in experiments. The techincal term for these labels is quantum numbers.
+<tabbox Concrete>
   * http://jakobschwichtenberg.com/what-are-quantum-numbers/
-<tabbox Researcher>
+<tabbox Abstract>
 <note tip>
@@ Line 22: / Line 26: @@
-<tabbox Examples>
+<tabbox Why is it interesting?>
---> Example1#
-<--
---> Example2:#
-<--
-<tabbox FAQ>
-<tabbox History>
 </tabbox>
+{{tag>theories:quantum_theory:quantum_mechanics theories:quantum_theory:quantum_field_theory}}