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The presence of (exact) intrinsic half angular moment (IHAM) in the Schrödinger equation has been explicitly shown through the spherical coordinates \((r,\theta ,\varphi )\) following a self-adjoint transformation. The special self-adjoint equations (SSAEs) were obtained by this self-adjoint transformation on the usual wavefunction of \(\Psi (r,\theta ,\varphi ) =\Upsilon (r,\theta ,\varphi ) J(r,\theta ,\varphi )^{-1/2}\), where \(J(r,\theta ,\varphi )\) is the Jacobian of the spherical coordinates. The first derivative terms of these SSAEs were absent. We considered the Kepler problem as applied to the hydrogen atom as an example. These SSAEs can easily be interpreted in terms of (semi)classical physics, and besides, these equations have exhibited an IHAM even for the ground state, i.e., without any excitation. This IHAM can be considered as a zero-point angular momentum.
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The author acknowledges Ms. E.V.B. de Oliveira, Prof. C.R. de Oliveira, and Prof. C. J. Villas-Boas for their discussions. This study was partially financed by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior—Brasil (CAPES): Finance Code 001 and from the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa de São Paulo—Brazil (FAPESP): Number 2019/12501-0. The author dedicates this work to Prof. Fernando Rei Ornellas for his contributions to quantum chemistry in Brazil.
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López-Castillo, A. Exact intrinsic half angular momentum from the Schrödinger equation. Theor Chem Acc 139, 51 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00214-020-2564-5
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