Equation 84 · A Reference Frame Becomes Classical by Publishing Its Orientation
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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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