Unambiguously Complete Characterization of Reactions

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Abstract
It is shown that in order to determine all reaction amplitudes for a reaction containing particles with arbitrary spins without even a discrete ambiguity (except for an overall phase factor), one must measure at least one observable with spin polarization along each of three noncoplanar directions. The result has an impact on experimental programs measuring polarization quantities in elementary particle, nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics.