Apply a magnetic field B = Bẑ to a neutron with its spin (assign a “classical” magnitude S = − h/2 to the spin) oriented initially along the +y-axis. Show that, because the precessing magnetic moment m radiates energy, the (polar) orientation angle of the moment decays to zero as

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(t) cos tanh /] where 1 8m5 B 3 h