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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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  • mechanics, the angular momentum operator is one of several related operators analogous to classical angular momentum. The angular momentum operator plays...
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  • mechanics, angular momentum coupling is the procedure of constructing eigenstates of total angular momentum out of eigenstates of separate angular momenta...
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  • Spin is an intrinsic form of angular momentum carried by elementary particles, and thus by composite particles such as hadrons, atomic nuclei, and atoms...
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  • angular momentum (i.e., its spin). If s is the particle's spin angular momentum and ℓ its orbital angular momentum vector, the total angular momentum...
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    physics, relativistic angular momentum refers to the mathematical formalisms and physical concepts that define angular momentum in special relativity...
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  • relative angular momentum (often denoted h → {\displaystyle {\vec {h}}} or h {\displaystyle \mathbf {h} } ) of a body is the angular momentum of that body...
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  • Spin angular momentum is a concept in classical mechanics. It may refer to: Spin angular momentum of light, a property of electromagnetic waves A type...
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  • The angular momentum of light is a vector quantity that expresses the amount of dynamical rotation present in the electromagnetic field of the light. While...
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  • Orbital angular momentum is a concept in classical mechanics. It may also refer to: One of three main quantum angular momentum operators Orbital angular momentum...
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    applied to change its angular momentum. The amount of torque needed to cause any given angular acceleration (the rate of change in angular velocity) is proportional...
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    for an atomic orbital that determines its orbital angular momentum and describes aspects of the angular shape of the orbital. The azimuthal quantum number...
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    The total angular momentum (total angular momentum quantum number J) of a particle is therefore the combination of intrinsic angular momentum (spin) and...
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  • relates the energy of a photon to its angular frequency, and the linear momentum of a particle to the angular wavenumber of its associated matter wave...
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  • Photon (redirect from Momentum of photon)
    carries spin angular momentum, which is related to photon polarization. (Beams of light also exhibit properties described as orbital angular momentum of light)...
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    Torque (redirect from Angular force)
    angular momentum, τ = d L d t {\displaystyle {\boldsymbol {\tau }}={\frac {\mathrm {d} \mathbf {L} }{\mathrm {d} t}}} where L is the angular momentum...
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  • The spin angular momentum of light (SAM) is the component of angular momentum of light that is associated with the quantum spin and the rotation between...
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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, and...
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  • numbers that arise in angular momentum coupling in quantum mechanics. They appear as the expansion coefficients of total angular momentum eigenstates in an...
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    respectively correspond to an electron's energy, its orbital angular momentum, and its orbital angular momentum projected along a chosen axis (magnetic quantum number)...
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    linear dynamics. The analog of linear momentum in rotational motion is angular momentum. The greater the angular momentum of the spinning object such as a...
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    orbital angular momenta are added to get a total orbital angular momentum. These two then are added using angular momentum coupling to get a total angular momentum...
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    S^{2}\to \mathbb {C} } are eigenfunctions of the square of the orbital angular momentum operator − i ℏ r × ∇ , {\displaystyle -i\hbar \mathbf {r} \times \nabla...
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  • among physicists, possibly because it is less intuitive than momentum and angular momentum. Consequently, it has been rediscovered independently several...
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  • \Lambda \vert \psi \rangle \,.} The gauge-invariant angular momentum (or "kinetic angular momentum") is given by K = r × ( p − q A c ) , {\displaystyle...
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  • meteorology, absolute angular momentum is the angular momentum in an 'absolute' coordinate system (absolute time and space). Angular momentum L equates with...
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    Moon's angular rate of orbital motion, due to tidal exchange of angular momentum between Earth and Moon. This increases the Moon's angular momentum around...
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  • keep the total angular momentum constant, a change of the angular momentum in one region must necessarily be balanced by angular momentum changes in the...
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  • and the three components of the angular momentum, expressed with respect to an inertial laboratory frame. The angular velocity vector ω {\displaystyle...
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  • notably quantum chemistry, angular momentum diagrams, or more accurately from a mathematical viewpoint angular momentum graphs, are a diagrammatic method...
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