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Comment on the quantum nature of angular momentum using a coupled-boson representation

ILki Kim, Gerald J. Iafrate

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/0511259

Abstract

A simple approach for understanding the quantum nature of angular momentum and its reduction to the classical limit is presented based on Schwinger's coupled-boson representation. This approach leads to a straightforward explanation of why the square of the angular momentum in quantum mechanics is given by j(j+1) instead of just j2, where j is the angular momentum quantum number.

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