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OK, not a physicist. But what about this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_electron_radius https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_electron_radius
by mirimir 6y ago
OK, not a physicist.
But what about this?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_electron_radius https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_electron_radius
- praptak 6y agoCheck all the disclaimers on that concept, in particular "Attempts to model the electron as a non-point particle have been described as ill-conceived and counter-pedagogic"
- jbarrs 6y agoThat's essentially just an approximation. In some problems it can be useful to model the electron as having a finite radius, but our current understanding is that particles like electrons are literally infinitesimal points. In that case it's generally more useful for us to use things like Dirac delta functions to model them more accurately.