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Existence of the Wigner function with correct marginal distributions along tilted lines on a lattice

Quantum Physics 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

In order to determine the Wigner function uniquely, we introduce a new condition which ensures that the Wigner function has correct marginal distributions along tilted lines. For a system in NN dimensional Hilbert space, whose "phase space" is a lattice with N2N^2 sites, we get different results depending on whether NN is odd or even. Under the new condition, the Wigner function is determined if NN is an odd number, but it does not exist if NN is even.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0108050,
  title  = {Existence of the Wigner function with correct marginal distributions along tilted lines on a lattice},
  author = {Minoru Horibe and Akiyoshi Takami and Takaaki Hashimoto and Akihisa Hayashi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0108050},
  year   = {2009}
}

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