Clebsch-Gordan coefficient

English

Etymology

Named after the German mathematicians Alfred Clebsch and Paul Gordan, who encountered an equivalent problem in invariant theory.

Noun

Clebsch-Gordan coefficient (plural Clebsch-Gordan coefficients)

  1. (physics) Any of a class of numbers that arise in angular momentum coupling in quantum mechanics. They appear as the expansion coefficients of total angular momentum eigenstates in an uncoupled tensor product basis.
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