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Exact computation and large angular momentum asymptotics of 3nj symbols: Semiclassical disentangling of spin networks
Roger W Anderson1, Vincenzo Aquilanti, Cristiane da Silva Ferreira
1Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA. anderso@ucsc.edu
Abstract:
Spin networks, namely, the 3nj symbols of quantum angular momentum theory and their generalizations to groups other than SU(2) and to quantum groups, permeate many areas of pure and applied science. The issues of their computation and characterization for large values of their entries are a challenge for diverse fields, such as spectroscopy and quantum chemistry, molecular and condensed matter physics, quantum computing, and the geometry of space time. Here we record progress both in their efficient calculation and in the study of the large j asymptotics. For the 9j symbol, a prototypical entangled network, we present and extensively check numerically formulas that illustrate the passage to the semiclassical limit, manifesting both the occurrence of disentangling and the discrete-continuum transition.
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