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Classical Second-Order Moments and Tensor Squeezing in Spin-1 Systems

Quantum Physics 2026-01-16 v3

Abstract

We give a compact, frame-independent characterization of the set of classical second-order moments for a single spin-1 particle. Defining the moment matrix M = 2Q + (1/3) I, we show that a moment pair (s, Q) arises from a positive mixture of spin-coherent states if and only if M is positive semidefinite, M minus ss^T is positive semidefinite, and the trace of M equals one. These necessary and sufficient matrix conditions delimit the classical moment region and yield simple, basis-free witnesses of higher-order tensor nonclassicality, such as bounds on Tr(Q^2). A constructive proof of sufficiency is given in the appendix.

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@article{arxiv.2512.12504,
  title  = {Classical Second-Order Moments and Tensor Squeezing in Spin-1 Systems},
  author = {K. S. Mallesh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.12504},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

The manuscript is being revised to correct definitions and normalization

R2 v1 2026-07-01T08:23:43.755Z