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Angular Momentum Decomposition for an Electron

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2010-04-30 v1

Abstract

We calculate the orbital angular momentum of the `quark' in the scalar diquark model as well as that of the electron in QED (to order α\alpha). We compare the orbital angular momentum obtained from the Jaffe-Manohar decomposition to that obtained from the Ji relation and estimate the importance of the vector potential in the definition of orbital angular momentum.

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@article{arxiv.0812.1605,
  title  = {Angular Momentum Decomposition for an Electron},
  author = {Matthias Burkardt and Hikmat BC},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0812.1605},
  year   = {2010}
}
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