Published March 10, 1983
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Journal article
Complete set of commuting operators for N spins s with rotational and permutational symmetry
Creators
- 1. Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule, Zurich (Switzerland). Inst. fuer Theoretische Physik
Description
The authors consider a system of N spins s with permutational and rotational symmetry. The total spin, its z-component and the representation of the permutation group Ssub(N) provide good quantum numbers. For s>1/2 further operators are needed. The problem can be reduced to a problem of invariants in the enveloping algebra of SU(2s+1) applying a theorem of Weyl. This can be solved explicity for s=1 using a theory of Judd. For s = 3/2 two of the four missing operators are determined and for larger s some properties of the additional are shown. (Auth.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Helv. Phys. Acta
- Journal Volume
- 55
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Series
- Helv. Phys. Acta.
- Journal Page Range
- 400-416
- ISSN
- 0018-0238
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Switzerland
- Country of Input or Organization
- Switzerland
- INIS RN
- 14769597
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CASIMIR OPERATORS; GROUP THEORY; HILBERT SPACE; IRREDUCIBLE REPRESENTATIONS; MATRIX ELEMENTS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM NUMBERS; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SPIN; SU-2 GROUPS
- Descriptors DEC
- ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BANACH SPACE; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MATHEMATICS; MECHANICS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; SPACE; SU GROUPS; SYMMETRY GROUPS