We know that the magnitude and direction of angular momentum is quantized in quantum mechanics. We can explain the quantization with the help of quantum numbers. But actually who is responsible for this quantization? What is the significance of the reference direction? Can we take any arbitrary direction as the reference axes while considering space quantization? The angular momentum will be oriented in a particular direction (angle) with reference axis, then how other orientations are possible? ( as explained by different magnetic quantum numbers).
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$\begingroup$ Boy, if we could find out just who was responsible for quantization we could make physics much simpler... $\endgroup$– Jon CusterCommented Aug 16, 2019 at 16:46
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$\begingroup$ Possible duplicates: physics.stackexchange.com/q/29655/2451 , physics.stackexchange.com/q/22806/2451 , physics.stackexchange.com/q/174018/2451 and links therein. $\endgroup$– Qmechanic ♦Commented Aug 17, 2019 at 10:29
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$\begingroup$ There are very dedicated people here who unfortunately do not understand that it is the new members who keep the forum alive. It's unwise to take away the desire to ask questions from a new forist from the beginning. +1 $\endgroup$– HolgerFiedlerCommented Aug 18, 2019 at 16:06
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