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On the angular momentum of a system of quantum particles
The properties of angular momentum and its
connection to magnetic momentum are explored, based on a
reconsideration of the Stern-Gerlach experiment and gauge
invariance. A possible way to solve the so called spin
crisis is proposed. The separation of angular momentum of a
quantum system of particles into orbital angular momentum
plus intrinsic angular momentum is reconsidered, within the
limits of the Schr\"odinger theory. A proof is given that,
for systems of more than two particles, unless all of them
have the same mass, the possibility of having eigenvalues
of the form is not excluded