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Hydrodynamical quantum state reconstruction

Quantum Physics 2011-08-04 v1

Abstract

The density matrix of a nonrelativistic wave-packet in an arbitrary, one-dimensional and time-dependent potential can be reconstructed by measuring hydrodynamical moments of the Wigner distribution. An n-th order Taylor polynomial in the off-diagonal variable is obtained by measuring the probability distribution at n+1 discrete time values.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9805046,
  title  = {Hydrodynamical quantum state reconstruction},
  author = {Lars M. Johansen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9805046},
  year   = {2011}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett