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By means of a well-grounded mapping scheme linking Schwinger unitary operators and generators of the special unitary group $\mathrm{SU(N)}$, it is possible to establish a self-consistent theoretical framework for finite-dimensional discrete…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-08-20 Marcelo A. Marchiolli , Diogenes Galetti

We investigate dynamics arising after an interaction quench in the quantum sine-Gordon model for a one-dimensional system initially prepared in a spatially inhomogeneous domain wall state. We study the time-evolution of the density, current…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-20 Jarrett Lancaster , Emanuel Gull , Aditi Mitra

A function of positive type can be defined as a positive functional on a convolution algebra of a locally compact group. In the case where the group is abelian, by Bochner's theorem a function of positive type is, up to normalization, the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-11-06 Paolo Aniello

The trace of an arbitrary product of quantum operators with the density operator is rendered as a multiple phase space integral of the product of their Weyl symbols with the Wigner function. Interspersing the factors with various evolution…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-04-20 Alfredo M. Ozorio de Almeida , Olivier Brodier

In this study, we compare the Wigner function $W$, its modulus, and the Husimi distribution $H$ in a one-dimensional quantum system exhibiting a transition from a single-well to a double-well configuration, using the quasi-exactly solvable…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-09 Angelina N. Mendoza Tavera , Adrian M. Escobar Ruiz , Robin P. Sagar

A quantum phase space with Wannier basis is constructed: (i) classical phase space is divided into Planck cells; (ii) a complete set of Wannier functions are constructed with the combination of Kohn's method and L\"owdin method such that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-03-02 Yuan Fang , Fan Wu , Biao Wu

The Wigner function was introduced as an attempt to describe quantum-mechanical fields with the tools inherited from classical statistical mechanics. In particular, it is widely used to describe the properties of radiation fields. In fact,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-10 Juan Camilo López Carreño

The Kirkwood-Dirac (KD) quasiprobability distribution is a fundamental representation for quantum states and has been widely applied in quantum metrology, quantum chaos, weak values in recent years. A quantum state is KD-classical if its…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Lin-Yan Cai , Ying-Hui Yang , Zhu-Jun Zheng

The formalism of classical and quantum mechanics on phase space leads to symplectic and Heisenberg group representations, respectively. The Wigner functions give a representation of the quantum system using classical variables. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ajay Patwardhan

The Wigner function provides a useful quasiprobability representation of quantum mechanics, with applications in various branches of physics. Many nice properties of the Wigner function are intimately connected with the high symmetry of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-03 Huangjun Zhu

We develop a quasi-classical theory of high harmonic generation in semiconductors based on an interband current that has been transformed from Bloch to Wannier basis. The Wannier quasi-classical approach reveals a complete picture of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-18 Andrew M. Parks , Guilmot Ernotte , Adam Thorpe , Chris R. McDonald , Paul B. Corkum , Marco Taucer , Thomas Brabec

We construct a class of systems for which quantum dynamics can be expanded around a mean field approximation with essentially classical content. The modulus of the quantum overlap of mean field states naturally introduces a classical…

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

The global symmetry data of a $D$-dimensional absolute quantum field theory can sometimes be packaged in terms of a $(D+1)$-dimensional bulk system obtained by extending along an interval, with a relative QFT$_D$ at one end and suitable…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-23 Jonathan J. Heckman , Max Hübner , Chitraang Murdia

In this study, we investigate the dynamics of the quantum kicked rotor in the near-resonant regime and observe distinct caustic structures, such as recurring cusps, cusp oscillations, and reticular cusp patterns in high-order resonant…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-12 Yi Cao , Shaowen Lan , Bin Sun , Jie Liu

According to Hudson's theorem, any pure quantum state with a positive Wigner function is necessarily a Gaussian state. Here, we make a step towards the extension of this theorem to mixed quantum states by finding upper and lower bounds on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 A. Mandilara , E. Karpov , N. J. Cerf

We derive a semi-analytical form for the Wigner transform for the canonical density operator of a discrete system coupled to a harmonic bath based on the path integral expansion of the Boltzmann factor. The introduction of this simple and…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2017-02-01 Andrés Montoya-Castillo , David R. Reichman

We consider the Wigner quasi-probability distribution function of a single mode of an electromagnetic or matter-wave field to address the question of whether a direct stochastic sampling and binning of the absolute square of the complex…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-13 R. J. Lewis-Swan , M. K. Olsen , K. V. Kheruntsyan

A gauge-invariant Wigner quantum mechanical theory is obtained by applying the Weyl-Stratonovich transform to the von Neumann equation for the density matrix. The transform reduces to the Weyl transform in the electrostatic limit, when the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-11-24 Mihail Nedjalkov , Mauro Ballicchia , Robert Kosik , Josef Weinbub

Recently, it has been demonstrated that asymptotic states of open quantum system can undergo qualitative changes resembling pitchfork, saddle-node, and period doubling classical bifurcations. Here, making use of the periodically modulated…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-08-23 Igor Yusipov , Mikhail Ivanchenko