| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 68, Number 4, November 2004
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| Page(s) | 577 - 581 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2004-10231-5 | |
| Published online | 27 October 2004 | |
Spin and orbital angular momentum
Schools of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics and Center for Applied Math, Cornell University - Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Received:
1
April
2004
Accepted:
20
September
2004
It is shown that the existence of a charge-neutral, idealized smooth mesoscopic rigid sphere, characterized by eleven properties, implies a relation between spin and orbital angular momentum. In addition to these properties, this correspondence is based on elements of group theory, conservation of angular momentum, and an ansatz which describes the transition to the quantum domain in the limiting process of a gedanken experiment. Processes in the analysis are relativistically consistent.
PACS: 75.10.Dg – Crystal-field theory and spin Hamiltonians / 03.30.+p – Special relativity / 03.65.Fd – Algebraic methods
© EDP Sciences, 2004
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