Rivas, ÁngelLuis Aina, Alfredo2023-06-202023-06-202008-02-121050-294710.1103/PhysRevA.77.022105https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51488©2008 The American Physical Society. A.L. acknowledges the support from project No. PR1-A/07-15378 of the Universidad Complutense.We elaborate an approach to quantum fluctuations of angular momentum based on the diagonalization of the covariance matrix in two versions: real symmetric and complex Hermitian. At difference with previous approaches this is SU(2) invariant and avoids any difficulty caused by nontrivial commutators. Meaningful uncertainty relations are derived which are nontrivial even for vanishing mean angular momentum. We apply this approach to some relevant states.engjournal articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.022105http://journals.aps.org/open access535Squeezed atomic statesCoherent statesHermitian operatorsUncertainty statesSpin statesPhaseEntanglementInterferometersRotationSystemsÓptica (Física)2209.19 Óptica Física