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Title: Angular momentum for diatoms described by gauge fields

Abstract

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.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Center for Theoretical Physics, Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
OSTI Identifier:
5569845
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 56:26
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; 74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; MOLECULES; ANGULAR MOMENTUM OPERATORS; ADIABATIC APPROXIMATION; GAUGE INVARIANCE; HAMILTONIANS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MECHANICS; QUANTUM OPERATORS; 645400* - High Energy Physics- Field Theory; 640305 - Atomic, Molecular & Chemical Physics- Atomic & Molecular Theory- (-1987)

Citation Formats

Jackiw, R. Angular momentum for diatoms described by gauge fields. United States: N. p., 1986. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.2779.
Jackiw, R. Angular momentum for diatoms described by gauge fields. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.2779
Jackiw, R. 1986. "Angular momentum for diatoms described by gauge fields". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.2779.
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title = {Angular momentum for diatoms described by gauge fields},
author = {Jackiw, R},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.2779},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5569845}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 56:26,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 1986},
month = {Mon Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 1986}
}