Polarization parameters of a spin-one system: Bounds and geometrical representation
- 1 October 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review C
- Vol. 40 (4) , 1641-1646
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.40.1641
Abstract
A new geometrical representation for the state of polarization of spin-one particles is suggested which in the limit of mass zero reduces to the well-known Poincare sphere representation for light. A careful consideration of the bounds on the polarization parameters of spin-one resonances produced in parity-conserving processes is also discussed as yet another particular case.Keywords
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