Traces of products of angular momentum operators

Traces of products of angular momentum operators in a spherical or cartesian basis are common in the theory of atomic levels in fields, in the theory of nuclear orientation and of asymmetric top moments. Conventional angular momentum techniques lead to difficult and cumbersome calculations. In the present paper Schwinger's coupled boson representation is used in straightforward calculations of angular momentum and spherical tensor traces, of matrix elements and of asymmetric top moments. Only simple algebra, elementary multiplication and summation of integers are necessary. The method considerably simplifies calculations with angular momentum operators.