Wigner functions on non-standard symplectic vector spaces
Abstract
We consider the Weyl quantization on a flat non-standard symplectic vector space. We focus mainly on the properties of the Wigner functions defined therein. In particular we show that the sets of Wigner functions on distinct symplectic spaces are different but have non-empty intersections. This extends previous results to arbitrary dimension and arbitrary (constant) symplectic structure. As a by-product we introduce and prove several concepts and results on non-standard symplectic spaces which generalize those on the standard symplectic space, namely the symplectic spectrum, Williamson's theorem and Narcowich-Wigner spectra. We also show how Wigner functions on non-standard symplectic spaces behave under the action of an arbitrary linear coordinate transformation.
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@article{arxiv.1801.04044,
title = {Wigner functions on non-standard symplectic vector spaces},
author = {Nuno Costa Dias and João Nuno Prata},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.04044},
year = {2018}
}
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51 pages, to appear in J. Math. Phys