How do you read Clebsch-Gordon tables?

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This discussion focuses on understanding how to read Clebsch-Gordon tables, which are essential in particle physics for combining angular momentum states. The user seeks assistance for an assignment and shares a link to a relevant document from the Particle Data Group (PDG). A recommended approach is to work through angular momentum decompositions, such as 1 + 1 = 1, to better match terms with the Clebsch-Gordon coefficients in the table. This method facilitates comprehension by reversing the process of reading the tables.

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I have a particle physics assignment due and I am confused as how to read this table. Any help is greatly appreciated
 
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I also had difficulty with the tables the first time through. Unfortunately, it doesn't really lend itself to online explanation: "this thing here, goes here, and that thing there goes there, and ..."

What you might try is to get some angular momentum decompositions already worked out - 1 + 1 = 1 is a particularly good one - and then try to match terms with the table of C-G coefficients. It's easier to see how this works when going "the other way".
 

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