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We develop a Radon-like transformation, in which P quasiprobability distribution for spin-1/2 states is written in terms of the tomographic probability distribution w.
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Cunha, M.O.T., Man'ko, V.I. & Scully, M.O. Quasiprobability and Probability Distributions for Spin-1/2 States. Found Phys Lett 14, 103–117 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012373419313
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