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Wehrl entropies and Euclidean Landau levels

Mathematical Physics 2018-07-10 v3 math.MP

Abstract

We are concerned with an information-theoretic measure of uncertainty for quantum systems. Precisely, the Wehrl entropy of the phase-space probability Qρ^(m)=z,mρ^z,mQ^{(m)}_{\hat{\rho}}=\left\langle z,m|\hat{\rho}|z,m\right\rangle which is known as Husimi function, where ρ^\hat{\rho} is a density operator and % \left|z,m\right\rangle are coherent states attached to an Euclidean mmth Landau level. We obtain the Husimi function Qβ(m)Q^{(m)}_{\beta} of the thermal density operator ρ^β\hat{\rho}_{\beta} of the harmonic oscillator, which leads by duality, to the Laguerre probability distribution of the mixed light. We discuss some basic properties of Qβ(m)Q^{(m)}_{\beta} such as its characteristic function and its limiting logarithmic moment generating function from which we derive the rate function of the sequence of probability distributions Qβ(m), m=0,1,2,...Q^{(m)}_{\beta},\ m=0,1,2,.... For m1m\geq1, we establish an exact expression for the Wehrl entropy of the density operator % \hat{\rho}_{\beta} and we discuss the behavior of this entropy with respect to the temperature parameter T=1/βT=1/\beta

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@article{arxiv.1605.08606,
  title  = {Wehrl entropies and Euclidean Landau levels},
  author = {Z. Mouayn and H. Kassogue and P. Kayupe Kikodio and I. F. Fatani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.08606},
  year   = {2018}
}

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18 pages