Equation 83 · A Reference Frame Becomes Classical by Publishing Its Orientation
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Symbol kappa
kappa is part of the quantity the equation computes from the expression on the right.
Symbol Omega
Omega is an input to the expression that computes the quantity on the left.
=
The expressions on both sides represent the same quantity under the stated assumptions.
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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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