Is the angular momentum of an electron conserved in a uniform magnetic field?

نویسندگان

  • Colin R Greenshields
  • Robert L Stamps
  • Sonja Franke-Arnold
  • Stephen M Barnett
چکیده

We show that an electron moving in a uniform magnetic field possesses a time-varying "diamagnetic" angular momentum. Surprisingly this means that the kinetic angular momentum of the electron may vary with time, despite the rotational symmetry of the system. This apparent violation of angular momentum conservation is resolved by including the angular momentum of the surrounding fields.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Physical review letters

دوره 113 24  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014