Published May 25, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Semiclassical analysis of Wigner 3j-symbol

  • 1. Dipartimento di Chimica, Universita di Perugia, Perugia 06100 (Italy)
  • 2. Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States)

Description

We analyse the asymptotics of the Wigner 3j-symbol as a matrix element connecting eigenfunctions of a pair of integrable systems, obtained by lifting the problem of the addition of angular momenta into the space of Schwinger's oscillators. A novel element is the appearance of compact Lagrangian manifolds that are not tori, due to the fact that the observables defining the quantum states are noncommuting. These manifolds can be quantized by generalized Bohr-Sommerfeld rules and yield all the correct quantum numbers. The geometry of the classical angular momentum vectors emerges in a clear manner. Efficient methods for computing amplitude determinants in terms of Poisson brackets are developed and illustrated

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1751-8113/40/21/013;
PII
S1751-8113(07)47236-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and Theoretical (Online)
Journal Volume
40
Journal Issue
21
Journal Page Range
p. 5637-5674
ISSN
1751-8121