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Title: Angular momentum for diatoms described by gauge fields

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)

When diatomic nuclear motion is described in an adiabatic approximation by a guage field, the conserved angular momentum possesses a nonkinematical contribution. The present work derives this expression and, by a change of basis, gives a simple form for the addition.

Research Organization:
Center for Theoretical Physics, Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
OSTI ID:
5569845
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Vol. 56:26
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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