Breaking of an Electron!

Electricity and Magnetism Level 1

According to our current understanding, is it possible to break an electron into smaller parts?

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Electron is not a matter but the individual particle which is very small it is about 1 0 − 8 A ° 10^{-8}A° unit. Electron is energy charge it maynot divide or cannot break into two parts.

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Electrons can be "fractionalized", where two wavepackets each with 1/2 of an electron charge can be synthetically created in the laboratory.

Don't be too quick to jump into the conclusion that electrons can "never" be divided into something smaller. Currently, the Standard Model posits that electrons aren't composed of anything "smaller", but that doesn't preclude the possibility that model being superseded by something more comprehensive in the future.

It is never an argument to make that "something is too small to be further divided".

Michael Mendrin - 4 years, 8 months ago

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I agree with you sir,but what about energy...of an electron when it fractionalised.

A Former Brilliant Member - 4 years, 8 months ago

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