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Neutron is chargeless but it has a magnetic moment. What is the reason?


Ritam Pal 11th Feb, 2019
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Esha saxena 12th Feb, 2019
Hlo


Because they are built the same as electrons and protons, except that the charge is contained inside the spin and not outside it like the other two particles. Current theory relies on the idea of quarks, which have conveniently never been seen, and fractional charges, which have also conveniently never been seen. The only physical theory that describes particles completely accurately is ultrawave theory, and it gives sizes for all spin-1/2 particle. These same sizes supply the exact value for magneton and magnetic moment. Since every spin-1/2 particle can be calculated in the same way, they must all be alike. What's more, all spin-1/2 atomic nuclei can be shown as being just like particles. Power curve plots of mass versus magnetic moment show clearly how they all fit together at exact points on crossing curves. Rather than having random values, the values interconnect along the curves. This provides numerous three-family sets just like the only one that current theory recognizes, that of the electron, muon and tauon.
You can ask a physicist about this, but they will know nothing about it, as no one thought to check into something like this. It doesn't fit with how current theory sees things. It makes you wonder what other important details are being missed. You should read my book on ultrawaves; it will help clear things up.

All the best!
dhameerbhatia31_7970609 Student Expert 11th Feb, 2019

Hello Ritam Pal,

The neutron magnetic moment is the intrinsic magnetic dipole moment of the neutron, symbol μn. Protons and neutrons, both nucleons, comprise the nucleus of atoms, and both nucleons behave as small magnets whose strengths are measured by their magnetic moments. The neutron interacts with normal matter through either the nuclear force or its magnetic moment. The neutron's magnetic moment is exploited to probe the atomic structure of materials using scattering methods and to manipulate the properties of neutron beams in particle accelerators. The neutron was determined to have a magnetic moment by indirect methods in the mid 1930s. Luis Alvarez and Felix Bloch made the first accurate, direct measurement of the neutron's magnetic moment in 1940. The existence of the neutron's magnetic moment indicates the neutron is not an elementary particle. For an elementary particle to have an intrinsic magnetic moment, it must have both spin and electric charge. The neutron has spin 1/2 ħ, but it has no net charge. The existence of the neutron's magnetic moment was puzzling and defied a correct explanation until the quark model for particles was developed in the 1960s. The neutron is composed of three quarks, and the magnetic moments of these elementary particles combine to give the neutron its magnetic moment.

Thanku.

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