Angular momentum of the physical electron
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The angular momentum of the physical electron, modelled as a Dirac fermion coupled to the electromagnetic field, is found to be /2, the same as that of a bare Dirac fermion and independent of the size of the electric charge. The coupled Maxwell-Dirac equations
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