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Sp(2,$\mathbb{Z}$) invariant Wigner function on even dimensional vector space

Mathematical Physics 2013-02-01 v1 math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

We construct the quasi probability distribution W(p,q)W(p,q) on even dimensional vector space with marginality and invariance under the transformation induced by projective representation of the group Sp(2,Z){\rm Sp}(2,\mathbb{Z}) whose elements correspond to linear canonical transformation. On even dimensional vector space, non-existence of such a quasi probability distribution whose arguments take physical values was shown in our previous paper(Phys.Rev.A{\bf 65} 032105(2002)). For this reason we study a quasi probability distribution W(p,q)W(p,q) whose arguments qq and pp take not only NN physical values but also NN unphysical values, where NN is dimension of vector space. It is shown that there are two quasi probability distributions on even dimensional vector space. The one is equivalent to the Wigner function proposed by Leonhardt, and the other is a new one.

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@article{arxiv.1301.7541,
  title  = {Sp(2,$\mathbb{Z}$) invariant Wigner function on even dimensional vector space},
  author = {Minoru Horibe and Takaaki Hashimoto and Akihisa Hayashi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.7541},
  year   = {2013}
}

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