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To express the initial photon linear polarization state in the reflectivity basis, we relate the linear polarization bases in the laboratory and Gottfried-Jackson coordinate systems:
 
To express the initial photon linear polarization state in the reflectivity basis, we relate the linear polarization bases in the laboratory and Gottfried-Jackson coordinate systems:
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:<math>\left(\begin{array}{c}x_\mathrm{lab} \\ y_\mathrm{lab}\end{array}\right)=
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:<math>\left(\begin{array}{c} \epsilon_\gamma=-1\\ \epsilon_\gamma=+1\end{array}\right)=
 
\left(\begin{array}{cc}
 
\left(\begin{array}{cc}
 
\cos\alpha & -\sin\alpha \\  
 
\cos\alpha & -\sin\alpha \\  
 
\sin\alpha & \cos\alpha
 
\sin\alpha & \cos\alpha
 
\end{array}\right)
 
\end{array}\right)
\left(\begin{array}{c}x \\ y\end{array}\right)=
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\left(\begin{array}{c}x_\mathrm{lab} \\ y_\mathrm{lab}\end{array}\right)=
 
\left(\begin{array}{cc}
 
\left(\begin{array}{cc}
 
e^{-i\alpha} &  e^{i\alpha} \\  
 
e^{-i\alpha} &  e^{i\alpha} \\  
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</math>
 
</math>
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where <math>\alpha=-\phi</math>: the rotation angle to return from production plane to lab xz plane. Thus, the production amplitude becomes:
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where <math>\alpha=\phi</math>: the rotation angle to return from production plane to lab xz plane. Thus, the production amplitude becomes:
    
:<math>
 
:<math>

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