Angular momentum nonconservation and conservation in quasiclassical Positronium
Classical Physics
2010-12-13 v1
Abstract
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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@article{arxiv.1012.2185,
title = {Angular momentum nonconservation and conservation in quasiclassical Positronium},
author = {David C. Lush},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.2185},
year = {2010}
}
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