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Spin Set as Coherence Disclosure Spin Projection Helicity and Polarization Sections 170 through 173

Philip Lilien

Published Oct 22, 2026• 0 citations
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A unifying taxonomy must explain both shared structure and physical differences. We test a common disclosure requirement: rotating a preparation and its analyzer together should preserve the probabilities. The spinor and vector actions of one Clifford rotor connect spin projection, helicity, and photon polarization while producing different rotation weights. With specified quantum measurements, we recover the angular laws and prove a precise obstruction to identifying the representations. The physical choice of representation remains an input.

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10.5281/zenodo.23573301

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