Angular momentum nonconservation and conservation in quasiclassical Positronium
It is shown that due to Thomas precession, angular momentum is not generally a constant of the motion in a quasiclassical model of the Positronium atom consisting of circular-orbiting point charges with intrinsic spin and associated magnetic moment. Despite absence of externally-applied torque, angu...
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Zusammenfassung: | It is shown that due to Thomas precession, angular momentum is not generally
a constant of the motion in a quasiclassical model of the Positronium atom
consisting of circular-orbiting point charges with intrinsic spin and
associated magnetic moment. Despite absence of externally-applied torque,
angular momentum is a constant of the motion only if the electron and positron
intrinsic angular momentum vector components perpendicular to the orbital
angular momentum are antiparallel and of equal magnitude. |
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DOI: | 10.48550/arxiv.1012.2185 |