Equation 82 · Part 1 · A Reference Frame Becomes Classical by Publishing Its Orientation
Symbol τ
What this part means
dimensionless.
Its job in the formula
τ is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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Where the article explains it
where has units of inverse seconds, interaction time has seconds, and = is dimensionless.
The passage around this formula
where has units of inverse seconds, interaction time has seconds, and = is dimensionless. The factor 2j is a declared normalization choice, not an inherited law. Alternative normalizations must be compared because they change the large- j limit if coupling strength is held fixed under different conventions.
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A variable is a named place for a value. Its letter is a local label: x can mean position in one formula and a data point in another.
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