Timeline for Is all angular momentum quantized?
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| Aug 13, 2020 at 23:27 | answer | added | benrg | timeline score: -1 | |
| Aug 13, 2020 at 18:22 | answer | added | Technically Natural | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 18, 2015 at 15:44 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 26, 2012 at 10:54 | comment | added | genneth | Also, in 2D there is no need for quantised angular momentum. | |
| Mar 26, 2012 at 5:46 | answer | added | Luboš Motl | timeline score: 10 | |
| Mar 26, 2012 at 2:51 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackPhysics/status/184110259458154497 | ||
| Mar 26, 2012 at 1:47 | comment | added | genneth | I would submit the angular momentum of neutron stars as the answer, but someone who really knows (I worry it might be apocryphal) should write it up. Most of the neutron star should be some form of superfluid, in which angular momentum must be contained in vortices (similar to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrikosov_vortex). As the rotation slows due to radiation/energy loss the vortices leave one by one from the core, and it is possible to observe the spikes in the rotation rate: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glitch_(astronomy) | |
| Mar 26, 2012 at 1:10 | comment | added | leftaroundabout | I'm quite sure it's true even for macroscopic objects, albeit obviously not measurable since $\hbar\ll L$. But what's the biggest objects for which it is measurable would be interesting to know | |
| Mar 26, 2012 at 1:04 | history | asked | Jim Graber | CC BY-SA 3.0 |