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Spin one-half along an axis
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Created
2026-09-24
Updated
2026-10-07
For
n
=
(
sin
θ
,
0
,
cos
θ
)
, the normalized
eigenstates
of
n
⋅
S
are
∣
↑
θ
⟩
=
cos
2
θ
∣
↑
⟩
+
sin
2
θ
∣
↓
⟩
,
∣
↓
θ
⟩
=
−
sin
2
θ
∣
↑
⟩
+
cos
2
θ
∣
↓
⟩
,
(1)
with
eigenvalues
+
ℏ/2
and
−
ℏ/2
.
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