Measurement of a spin-1 system
arXiv:1309.2127 · doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2015.02.039
Abstract
We derive exact formulas describing an indirect von Neumann measurement of a spin-1 system. The results hold for any interaction strength and for an arbitrary output variable $\Hat{O}$.
13 pages; comments welcome. V2 25 pages, close to published version, added two appendices reformulating a result from Dressel and Jordan in terms of the quantum characteristic function