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Angular Momentum

Şaki̇r Erkoç

Published Jul 28, 2006• 0 citations

Abstract

When a classical particle moves in a central field the energy and the three components of angular momentum are all constants of the motion. The motion is an orbit whose orientation in space is fixed. To discuss the corresponding situation in quantum mechanics we must examine the commutation properties of the associated operators: If they all commute, then the quantities which they represent may all simultaneously be constants of the motion; if not, we must find as many mutually commuting operators as we can and obtain a maximal set of constants of the motion.

DOI: 10.1201/9781584887331-8

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