Electrons in free space can carry quantized orbital angular momentum (OAM) projected along the direction of propagation. This orbital angular momentum...
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The orbital angular momentum of light (OAM) is the component of angular momentum of a light beam that is dependent on the field spatial distribution,...
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Orbital angular momentum of light, a property of electromagnetic waves Orbital angular momentum of free electrons, a property of free electrons Orbital angular...
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construction of eigenstates of L (which still is conserved) is the coupling of the angular momenta of electrons 1 and 2. The total orbital angular momentum quantum...
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Angular momentum diagrams (quantum mechanics) Spherical basis Tensor operator Orbital magnetization Orbital angular momentum of free electrons Orbital angular...
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the electron beam Independent electron approximation Lone pair or free electron pair Nearly free electron model Orbital angular momentum of free electrons...
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Spin (physics) (redirect from Electron Angular Momentum)
possible discrete angular momenta despite having no orbital angular momentum. The relativistic spin–statistics theorem connects electron spin quantization...
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Angular momentum (sometimes called moment of momentum or rotational momentum) is the rotational analog of linear momentum. It is an important physical...
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Bohr model (redirect from Bohr model of the atom)
frequencies with the orbits of electrons in his atoms. The connection he adopted associated the atomic electron orbital angular momentum with the Planck constant...
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absorbed by the electron.: 127–132 The orbital angular momentum of electrons is quantized. Because the electron is charged, it produces an orbital magnetic...
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orbital angular momentum by the relation: P = ( − 1 ) L . {\displaystyle P=(-1)^{L}.\ } As a consequence, baryons with no orbital angular momentum (L = 0)...
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the orbital angular momentum of the particle, which is itself perpendicular to the particle's velocity. The spin magnetic moment of the electron is μ...
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Hydrogen atom (category Isotopes of hydrogen)
between electron spin and orbital angular momentum). States of the same j and the same n are still degenerate. Thus, direct analytical solution of Dirac...
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Radical (chemistry) (redirect from Free-radical)
as a free radical, is an atom, molecule, or ion that has at least one unpaired valence electron. With some exceptions, these unpaired electrons make radicals...
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Spin quantum number (category Pages that use a deprecated format of the math tags)
intrinsic angular momentum (or spin angular momentum, or simply spin) of an electron or other particle. It has the same value for all particles of the same...
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Density functional theory (section Electron smearing)
energy of this system. The many-electron Schrödinger equation can be very much simplified if electrons are divided in two groups: valence electrons and inner...
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Three-body problem (redirect from Problem of Three Bodies)
orbits of the equal-mass zero-angular-momentum three-body problem. This was followed in 2018 by an additional 1,223 new solutions for a zero-angular-momentum...
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the energy and the angular momentum of the orbiting body. Planets do not have sufficient energy to escape the Sun, and so their orbits are ellipses, to...
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Magnetic moment (section Relation to angular momentum)
terms of Ampèrian currents. In magnetic materials, the cause of the magnetic moment are the spin and orbital angular momentum states of the electrons, and...
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Atom (redirect from Structure of the atom)
around the nucleus possess orbital angular momentum in addition to their spin, while the nucleus itself possesses angular momentum due to its nuclear spin...
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a base-station orbit and allowing orbital insertion by lifting the cargo. Most proposals spin the tether so that its angular momentum also provides energy...
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associated with electron spin and the electrons' orbital angular momentum. Hyperfine structure, with energy shifts typically orders of magnitudes smaller...
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component of the angular momentum is a product of a moment of inertia (a principal value of the inertia tensor) times the corresponding component of the angular...
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Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (category Electron spectroscopy)
emitted electrons. After being dispersed along two perpendicular directions with respect to kinetic energy and emission angle, the electrons are directed...
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Paramagnetism (section s and p electrons)
weak paramagnetic term of the almost free electrons. Stronger magnetic effects are typically only observed when d or f electrons are involved. Particularly...
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molecular orbital in momentum space. This interpretation relies on the assumption of a plane wave final state, i.e., the idea that the outgoing electron can...
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Beta decay (category Pages that use a deprecated format of the chem tags)
For allowed decays, the net orbital angular momentum is zero, hence only spin quantum numbers are considered. The electron and antineutrino are fermions...
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Curie temperature (redirect from Curie scale of temperature)
force of magnetism is determined by the magnetic moment, a dipole moment within an atom that originates from the angular momentum and spin of electrons. Materials...
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characteristic transitions. Because of the interaction between an electron's spin and orbital angular momentum (spin-orbit coupling) and the concomitant energy...
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Magnetochemistry (redirect from Quenching of orbital angular momenta)
magnetic properties of chemical compounds and elements. Magnetic properties arise from the spin and orbital angular momentum of the electrons contained in a...
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