Are electrons simple? Do they have any inner structure?

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The Planck length is far smaller than the classical electron radius. Could the electron have structure?

Possible duplicate of http://physics.stackexchange.com/q/24001/ — Brandon Enright, May 14 '13 at 23:46
Also: http://physics.stackexchange.com/q/30134/ and very perhaps most of all http://physics.stackexchange.com/q/34437/ — dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten, May 14 '13 at 23:54

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:39

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First I should say "we don't know". The fact that an electron has an intrinsic magnetic moment (spin) suggests it probably has some structure though.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:39

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answered May 14 '13 at 23:46

Brandon Enright

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