Singlet state

Two equal spins $j$ have the unique total-spin-zero stateIt is invariant under joint rotations.

A singlet state is the one-dimensional rotation representation; this construction supplies the angular-momentum-zero case for two equal spins.

In the product basis $|m_1,m_2⟩$ for two spin-one particles, total magnetic quantum number zero allows only $|1,-1⟩$, $|0,0⟩$ and $|-1,1⟩$. Applying the total ladder operators to $\alpha |1,-1⟩+\beta |0,0⟩+\gamma |-1,1⟩$ givesA singlet state is annihilated by $S_{+}$ and $S_{-}$, so $\alpha =\gamma =-\beta$. Wavefunction normalization gives the displayed state, up to an overall phase. Here the ket on the left of the title formula has total-spin labels, while its right-hand kets have individual magnetic labels. The state is symmetric under exchanging the particles, although no exchange constraint is needed for distinguishable particles.

For two spin-one-half particles, the singlet isEvery component of the total spin annihilates it, and ${\mathbf{S}}^2$ has eigenvalue zero.