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...
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!
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...
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?