Timeline for Density matrix of a partially polarized beam of electrons
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| Jun 21, 2018 at 21:30 | comment | added | Emilio Pisanty | Yep, that's exactly it. | |
| Jun 21, 2018 at 21:19 | comment | added | phoko | Thank you, I realized that I overcomplicated this problem. In the proper basis we should expect the matrix to be diagonal with entries $f$ and $1 - f$. Either way our matrix will be positive-definite and its trace should always equal 1. | |
| Jun 21, 2018 at 21:17 | vote | accept | phoko | ||
| Jun 20, 2018 at 13:15 | history | answered | Emilio Pisanty | CC BY-SA 4.0 |