Large Angular Momentum

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2404.14931v2
• Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2024 20:15:44 GMT
• Title: Large Angular Momentum
• Authors: Kenichi Konishi, Roberto Menta,
• Abstract summary: We study the angular momentum/spin in the limit, $j to infty$. The state, $(J cdot n) | j, nrangle = j |j, n rangle $, where $J$ is the angular momentum operator and $n$ stands for a generic unit vector in $R3$, is found to behave as a classical angular momentum, $ j n $.
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• Abstract: Quantum states of a spin $1/2$ (a qubit) are parametrized by the space $CP^1 \sim S^2$, the Bloch sphere. A spin j (a 2j+1 -state system) for generic j is represented instead by a point of a larger space, $CP^{2j}$. Here we study the angular momentum/spin in the limit, $j \to \infty$. The state, $(J \cdot n) | j, n\rangle = j |j, n \rangle $, where $J$ is the angular momentum operator and $n$ stands for a generic unit vector in $R^3$, is found to behave as a classical angular momentum, $ j n $. We discuss this phenomenon, by analysing the Stern-Gerlach experiments, the angular-momentum composition rule, and the rotation matrix. This problem arose from the consideration of a macroscopic body under an inhomogeneous magnetic field. Our observations help to explain how classical mechanics (with unique particle trajectories) emerges naturally from quantum mechanics in this context, and at the same time, make the widespread idea that large spins somehow become classical, a more precise one.

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