Question: Use the standard commutation relations for angular momentum operators to show that L and S remain good quantum numbers if the spin-dependent forces arise from

Use the standard commutation relations for angular momentum operators to show that L and S remain good quantum numbers if the spin-dependent forces arise from a simple spin–orbit interaction, that is if 

H = H+ αL̂ · Ŝ,

Where

[H0, L̂] = [H0, Ŝ] = 0


and α is a constant.

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