Equation (1): A condition for constancy of total angular momentum |
Equation (1) is fairly easily obtained based on Thomas's equation of motion of the spin (which can alternatively be obtained from the Bargmann-Telegdi-Michel covariant equation of spin motion) specialized to the positronium atom, as is done in my positronium paper separately for the electron and positron, and then taking their difference to obtain an equation of relative motion for the spins. Then putting in the initial condition that is the main result in my positronium paper, that antiparallel L-perpendicular spin components are a condition for total angular momentum constancy, Eq. (1) results. If Eq. (1) could be satisfied at all points on the orbit (that is, as the vector n traces out the relative particle positions around the orbit) then the needed relative orientation would be maintained and constant angular momentum would be maintained. (Total angular momentum constancy is in turn a necessary condition for nonradiativity.)
To understand how Eq. (1) comes close to obtaining a quantum condition from classical electrodynamics with intrinsic spin,