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Angular Momentum Operators

Angular Momentum Operators is a quantum mechanical operator that represents the observable corresponding to the angular momentum of a system, distinguished by its role in generating rotations and satisfying specific commutation relations within the framework of Hilbert space operators.

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551

<i>Elementary Theory of Angular Momentum</i>

M. E. Rose, Bernard T. Feld · Physics Today · 1957 · 3.6K citations · Full text

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Matrix Elements and Operator Equivalents Connected with the Magnetic Properties of Rare Earth Ions

K W H Stevens · Proceedings of the Physical Society Section A · 1952 · 1.7K citations

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On q-analogues of the quantum harmonic oscillator and the quantum group SU(2)<sub>q</sub>

Alan Macfarlane · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General · 1989 · 1.6K citations

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Measuring the Orbital Angular Momentum of a Single Photon

Jonathan Leach, Miles J. Padgett, Stephen M. Barnett et al. · Physical Review Letters · 2002 · 1.1K citations

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Light’s Orbital Angular Momentum

Miles J. Padgett, Johannes Courtial, L.J. Allen · Physics Today · 2004 · 720 citations

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  1. AV
    A. Vourdas

    University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 656 citations

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  2. JC
    Johannes Courtial

    University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 2.3K citations

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  3. JD
    James D. Louck

    Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States

    5 publications · 607 citations

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  4. MJ
    Miles J. Padgett

    University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 2.3K citations

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  5. SM
    Stephen M. Barnett

    University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 1.3K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    14 h-index

    32 publications

    1.2K citations

  2. Los Alamos National Laboratory

    Los Alamos, United States

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. University of Rochester

    Rochester, United States

    10 h-index

    20 publications

    2.4K citations

  4. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    11 publications

    2.3K citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    216 citations

  7. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    1.4K citations

  8. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    1.2K citations

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  1. Journal of Mathematical Physics

    42 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. Physical Review A

    PRA · 37 publications · 1.6K citations

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  3. Physical Review

    23 publications · 1.9K citations

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  4. The Journal of Chemical Physics

    29 publications · 1.7K citations

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  5. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 19 publications · 2.6K citations

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