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Hihi.. Thanks for your offer! It is much better now :D Btw, I'd like to close my question. I found out that the question was rather misleading. I initially thought "(a) A beam of atoms, half of which are preselected as “+ in z”, the other half as “− in z”, is sent through a...

Okay. Ah, well..

Muppet, I somehow see the point about probabilites being different. I have not learned about the superposition of state yet so I am still lost. Thank you all the same!

Sorry. The Question is whether we can differentiate between situation (a) and (b) by knowing the results of the experiment alone.

Homework Statement Compare the following situations (a) and (b): (a) A beam of atoms, half of which are preselected as “+ in z”, the other half as “− in z”, is sent through a Stern-Gerlach apparatus that ...(A) sorts in the z direction...

Thank you, Clem :smile:

May I know what does polarization direction for linearly polarized plane waves mean? In general, does the polarization direction the same as E-field direction?