Comment reveals flaws in angular momentum conservation laws for electromagnetic waves, indicating issues with locality.
We show that the decomposition of the angular momentum density into parts introduced in {kydj} suffers from a severe problem. Contrary to the claim made by the authors, the proposed splitting of the angular momentum density violates the principle of locality: the fundamental property of any relativistic theory.
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