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I have just come to learn (Physics, with modern physics, Richard Wolfson, J M. Pasachoff, second edition) that not only angular momentum's magnitude is quantized, but also its direction.
Its given that, Cos[tex]\theta[/tex]min= l / [tex]\sqrt{l(l+1)}[/tex]
Telling that, [tex]\theta[/tex]min is the minimum angle between any orbital angular momentum (l) and any arbitrary chosen axis.
How can the orbital angular momentum always make certain minimum angle [tex]\theta[/tex]min with any arbitrarily chosen axis?
What if my chosen axis happens (by chance) to be the same axis of the orbital angular momentum?
Its given that, Cos[tex]\theta[/tex]min= l / [tex]\sqrt{l(l+1)}[/tex]
Telling that, [tex]\theta[/tex]min is the minimum angle between any orbital angular momentum (l) and any arbitrary chosen axis.
How can the orbital angular momentum always make certain minimum angle [tex]\theta[/tex]min with any arbitrarily chosen axis?
What if my chosen axis happens (by chance) to be the same axis of the orbital angular momentum?
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