Rotational symmetry and orbital angular momentum in the field of a magnetic monopole

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  • School of Physics,Sun YatSen University,Guangzhou,Guangdong 510275,China

Received date: 2020-04-27

  Revised date: 2020-05-29

  Online published: 2020-10-16

Abstract

A generalized analysis of rotational symmetry in quantum mechanics is presented for a charged particle moving in the field of a magnetic monopole. The generalized orbital angular momentum is obtained,which is the same as that obtained previously by a different method. The transformation of the wave function under rotation contains an extra phase factor compared with the ordinary case without the magnetic monopole field. The explicit expression for this phase factor is worked out. The familiar quantization condition for electric charge is obtained by requiring the phase factor to be ±1 under a rotation of angle 2π.

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LIN Qionggui . Rotational symmetry and orbital angular momentum in the field of a magnetic monopole[J]. College Physics, 2020 , 39(10) : 1 -4 . DOI: 10.16854 / j.cnki.10000712.200156

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