Addition of Quantized Angular Momenta
For more details on this topic, see Angular momentum coupling.Given a quantized total angular momentum which is the sum of two individual quantized angular momenta and ,
the quantum number associated with its magnitude can range from to in integer steps where and are quantum numbers corresponding to the magnitudes of the individual angular momenta.
Read more about this topic: Azimuthal Quantum Number
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