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Spin singlet

In quantum mechanics, spin singlet is a composite particle whose total internal angular momentum, i.e. its spin, vanishes. Consequently, the composite particle can only have one possible value of the third component of the spin, namely zero, and therefore is a one-dimensional representation (a singlet).

The most typical example is a particle composed from two particles with spin equal to 1/2. The singlet state is

|singlet\rangle = \frac{1}{\sqrt 2} (|up\rangle |down\rangle - |down\rangle |up\rangle)

See also spin multiplet

01-04-2007 01:16:19
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