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We also study a certain type of measurement on spinor condensates in an attempt to distinguish between the so-called coherent and singlet states. We find that this kind of measurement cannot distinguish between the two states in question. We then consider a different experiment based on the interference between spinor condensate. It turns out that interference experiments cannot be used to distinguish between coherent and singlet states either. One of the interesting results regarding interference between two spinor condensates is that both the offset and visibility of the interference fringes vary from shot to shot, even if the initial conditions are identical in all the runs of the experiment. We then turn to the problem of condensing a gas of effectively spin 1/2 atoms. We argue that if spin relaxation mechanisms are slow enough, the condensate displays the phenomenon of fragmentation. The main difference of the fragmented state that we study and other fragmented states discussed in the literature is that this one is not caused by interatomic interactions, but rather by the constraint on the total spin of the system. We investigate the consequences of performing the experiment in a toroidal trap, and we find that, under certain conditions, the system spontaneously builds up a macroscopic value of orbital angular momentum. We finally discuss several problems related to the external Josephson effect. We derive simple equations of motion for the case of a two-component condensate that are identical to the extensively analyzed Bloch equations. 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It turns out that interference experiments cannot be used to distinguish between coherent and singlet states either. One of the interesting results regarding interference between two spinor condensates is that both the offset and visibility of the interference fringes vary from shot to shot, even if the initial conditions are identical in all the runs of the experiment. We then turn to the problem of condensing a gas of effectively spin 1/2 atoms. We argue that if spin relaxation mechanisms are slow enough, the condensate displays the phenomenon of fragmentation. The main difference of the fragmented state that we study and other fragmented states discussed in the literature is that this one is not caused by interatomic interactions, but rather by the constraint on the total spin of the system. We investigate the consequences of performing the experiment in a toroidal trap, and we find that, under certain conditions, the system spontaneously builds up a macroscopic value of orbital angular momentum. We finally discuss several problems related to the external Josephson effect. We derive simple equations of motion for the case of a two-component condensate that are identical to the extensively analyzed Bloch equations. 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