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Spin-one transverse measurement after axial precession (p+​=cos4(θ/2),p0​=21​sin2θ,p−​=sin4(θ/2))

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Prepare the J1​=+ℏ spin coherent state and evolve with Hamiltonian operator H=ωJ3​ for time t. In the descending-J3​ basis of the spin-one angular momentum matrices, the initial vector is (1,2​,1)T/2 and the evolved vector is (e−iθ,2​,eiθ)T/2, where θ=ωt. The J1​ orthonormal basis has vectors (1,2​,1)T/2, (1,0,−1)T/2​ and (1,−2​,1)T/2. Taking their inner products with the evolved vector gives probability amplitudes (1+cosθ)/2, −isinθ/2​ and (cosθ−1)/2. Their squared moduli give the Born rule probabilities in the title. At integer half-turns θ=πk, the outcome is deterministically (−1)kℏ.

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