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We explore the transient dynamics associated with the emergence of the classical signal in the full quantum system. We start our study from the instability which promotes the squeezing of the quantum system. This is often interpreted as the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-29 Masahiro Morikawa

Using the phase-space formulation of quantum mechanics, we derive a four-component Wigner equation for a system composed of spin-1/2 fermions (typically, electrons) including the Zeeman effect and the spin-orbit coupling. This Wigner…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-04-12 Jerome Hurst , Paul-Antoine Hervieux , Giovanni Manfredi

Generalized Fourier transformation between the position and the momentum representation of a quantum state is constructed in a coordinate independent way. The only ingredient of this construction is the symplectic (canonical) geometry of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-03-14 Witold Chmielowiec , Jerzy Kijowski

In quantum mechanics, the Wigner function $\rho_W(\textbf{r},\textbf{p})$ serves as a phase-space representation, capturing information about both the position $\textbf{r}$ and momentum $\textbf{p}$ of a quantum system. The Wigner function…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-20 Reiko Yamada , Antoine Reserbat-Plantey , Eloy Piñol , Maciej Lewenstein

The phase-space representation for a relativistic linear oscillator in a homogeneous external field expressed through the finite-difference equation is constructed. Explicit expressions of the relativistic oscillator Wigner…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-10-27 S. M. Nagiyev , G. H. Guliyeva , E. I. Jafarov

We present the generalization of the CNC formalism, based on closed and noncontextual sets of Pauli observables, to the setting of odd-prime-dimensional qudits. By introducing new CNC-type phase space point operators, we construct a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-16 Michael Zurel , Arne Heimendahl

The behavior of the quantum potential is studied for a particle in a linear and a harmonic potential by means of an extended phase space technique. This is done by obtaining an expression for the quantum potential in momentum space…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-04-24 Sadollah Nasiri

Schwinger's finite (D) dimensional periodic Hilbert space representations are studied on the toroidal lattice ${\ee Z}_{D} \times {\ee Z}_{D}$ with specific emphasis on the deformed oscillator subalgebras and the generalized representations…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 T. Hakioglu

Quantum Field Theory (QFT) makes predictions by combining two sets of assumptions: (1) quantum dynamics, such as a Schrodinger or Liouville equation; (2) quantum measurement, such as stochastic collapse to an eigenfunction of a measurement…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Paul J. Werbos , Ludmila Dolmatova Werbos

We discuss the connection between the out-of-time-ordered correlator and the number of harmonics of the phase-space Wigner distribution function. In particular, we show that both quantities grow exponentially for chaotic dynamics, with a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-11 Jiaozi Wang , Giuliano Benenti , Giulio Casati , Wenge Wang

The article explores a new formalism for describing motion in quantum mechanics. The construction is based on generalized coherent states with evolving fiducial vector. Weyl-Heisenberg coherent states are utilised to split quantum systems…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-09-10 Artur Miroszewski

Propagation of the Wigner function is studied on two levels of semiclassical propagation, one based on the van-Vleck propagator, the other on phase-space path integration. Leading quantum corrections to the classical Liouville propagator…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Thomas Dittrich , Luis Sandoval , Carlos Viviescas

We describe a numerical method which allows us to go beyond the classical approximation for the real-time dynamics of many-body systems by approximating the many-body Wigner function by the most general Gaussian function with time-dependent…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-03-29 Pavel Buividovich , Masanori Hanada , Andreas Schäfer

The phase-space formulation of quantum mechanics has recently seen increased use in testing quantum technologies, including metho ds of tomography for state verification and device validation. Here, an overview of quantum mechanics in phase…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-05 Russell P Rundle , Mark J Everitt

We consider the classical limit of the Nelson model, a system of stable nucleons interacting with a meson field. We prove convergence of the quantum dynamics towards the evolution of the coupled Klein-Gordon-Schr\"odinger equation. Also, we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-10-03 Zied Ammari , Marco Falconi

The Gibbs canonical state, as a maximum entropy density matrix, represents a quantum system in equilibrium with a thermostat. This state plays an essential role in thermodynamics and serves as the initial condition for nonequilibrium…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-06-22 Denys I. Bondar , Andre G. Campos , Renan Cabrera , Herschel A. Rabitz

The semiclassical Wigner function for a Bohr-quantized energy eigenstate is known to have a caustic along the corresponding classical closed phase space curve in the case of a single degree of freedom. Its Fourier transform, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-03-10 Eduardo Zambrano , Alfredo M Ozorio de Almeida

The Wigner-function formalism is a well known approach to model charge transport in semiconductor nanodevices. Primary goal of the present article is to point out and explain intrinsic limitations of the conventional quantum-device modeling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 Roberto Rosati , Fabrizio Dolcini , Rita Claudia Iotti , Fausto Rossi

It has recently been shown that it is possible to represent the complete quantum state of any system as a phase-space quasi-probability distribution (Wigner function) [Phys Rev Lett 117, 180401]. Such functions take the form of expectation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-16 R. P. Rundle , P. W. Mills , Todd Tilma , J. H. Samson , M. J. Everitt

The paper develop the alternative formulation of quantum mechanics known as the phase space quantum mechanics or deformation quantization. It is shown that the quantization naturally arises as an appropriate deformation of the classical…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-09-27 Maciej Blaszak , Ziemowit Domanski