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Template:See In quantum mechanics, the total angular momentum quantum number parameterises the total angular momentum of a given particle, by combining its orbital angular momentum and its intrinsic angular momentum (i.e., its spin).

If s is the particle's spin angular momentum and ℓ its orbital angular momentum vector, the total angular momentum j is

$𝐣=𝐬+\ell$

The associated quantum number is the main total angular momentum quantum number j. It can take the following range of values, jumping only in integer steps:

$|\ell -s|\le j\le \ell +s$

where ℓ is the azimuthal quantum number (parameterizing the orbital angular momentum) and s is the spin quantum number (parameterizing the spin).

The relation between the total angular momentum vector j and the total angular momentum quantum number j is given by the usual relation (see angular momentum quantum number)

$\Vert 𝐣\Vert =\sqrt{j(j+1)}\hslash$

the vector's z-projection is given by

$j_z=m_j\hslash$

where m_j is the secondary total angular momentum quantum number. It ranges from −j to +j in steps of one. This generates 2j + 1 different values of m_j.

The total angular momentum corresponds to the Casimir invariant of the Lie algebra so(3) of the three-dimensional rotation group.

See also

• Principal quantum number
• Orbital angular momentum quantum number
• Magnetic quantum number
• Spin quantum number
• Angular momentum coupling
• Clebsch–Gordan coefficients
• Angular momentum diagrams (quantum mechanics)

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