Bohr-Sommerfield-Wilson quantization condition

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According to the Bohr-Sommerfield-Wilson quantization condition, the phase space area enclosed by a periodic path is quantized:

\frac{1}{2\pi} \oint\! \mathbf{p} \cdot d\mathbf{q} = n \hbar\,,

where n \in \mathbb{Z}\,. Note that the quantity on the left hand side is classically an adiabatic invariant.

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