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The concept of phase space amplitudes for systems with continuous degrees of freedom is generalized to finite-dimensional spin systems. Complex amplitudes are obtained on both a sphere and a finite lattice, in each case enabling a more…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 P Watson , A J Bracken

Using the squeezed state formalism the coherent state representation of quantum fluctuations in an expanding universe is derived. It is shown that this provides a useful alternative to the Wigner function as a phase space representation of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-22 A. L. Matacz

The quasiprobability distribution of the discrete Wigner function provides a complete description of a quantum state and is, therefore, a useful alternative to the usual density matrix description. Moreover, the experimental quantum state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-13 Deepesh Khushwani , Priya Batra , V. R. Krithika , T. S. Mahesh

Phase operators are constructed using a Klauder-Berezin coherent state quantization in finite Hilbert subspaces of the Hilbert space of Fourier series. The study of infinite dimensional limits of mean values of some observables phase leads…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-16 Pedro L. García de León , Jean-Pierre Gazeau

While Wigner functions forming phase space representation of quantum states is a well-known fact, their construction for noncommutative quantum mechanics (NCQM) remains relatively lesser known, in particular with respect to gauge…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-04-19 S. Hasibul Hassan Chowdhury , Hishamuddin Zainuddin

The Weyl-Wigner representation of quantum mechanics allows one to map the density operator in a function in phase space - the Wigner function - which acts like a probability distribution. In the context of statistical mechanics, this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-31 Marcos Gil de Oliveira , Alfredo Miguel Ozorio de Almeida

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

The theoretical description of broadband, multimode quantum pulses undergoing a second-order $\chi^{(2)}$-nonlinear interaction can be quite intricate, due to the large dimensionality of the underlying phase space. However, in many cases…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-04 Emanuel Hubenschmid , Victor Rueskov Christiansen

We present a phase space formulation of quantum mechanics in the Schr\"odinger representation and derive the associated Weyl pseudo-differential calculus. We prove that the resulting theory is unitarily equivalent to the standard…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-12-14 Nuno Costa Dias , Maurice de Gosson , Franz Luef , João Nuno Prata

In this work we study symplectic unitary representations for the Galilei group. As a consequence a Non-Linear Schr\"odinger equation is derived in phase space. The formalism is based on the non-commutative structure of the star-product, and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-01-30 A. X. Martins , R. A. S. Paiva , G. Petronilo , R. R. Luz , S. C. Ulhoa , R. G. G. Amorim , T. M. R. Filho

We express the condition for a phase space Gaussian to be the Wigner distribution of a mixed quantum state in terms of the symplectic capacity of the associated Wigner ellipsoid. Our results are motivated by Hardy's formulation of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Maurice de Gosson , Franz Luef

The geometry of the parameter space is encoded by the quantum geometric tensor, which captures fundamental information about quantum states and contains both the quantum metric tensor and the curvature of the Berry connection. We present a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-12-01 Diego Gonzalez , Daniel Gutierrez-Ruiz , J. David Vergara

The phase space representation for a q-deformed model of the quantum harmonic oscillator is constructed. We have found explicit expressions for both the Wigner and Husimi distribution functions for the stationary states of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. I. Jafarov , S. Lievens , S. M. Nagiyev , J. Van der Jeugt

We discuss a phase space representation of quantum dynamics of systems with many degrees of freedom. This representation is based on a perturbative expansion in quantum fluctuations around one of the classical limits. We explicitly analyze…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-07-12 Anatoli Polkovnikov

Extending the phase-space description of the Weyl-Wigner quantum mechanics to a subset of non-linear Hamiltonians in position and momentum, gaussian functions are identified as the quantum ground state. Once a Hamiltonian, $H^{W}(q,\,p)$,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-30 Alex E. Bernardini , Orfeu Bertolami

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

We propose a phase-space representation concept in terms of the Wigner function for a quantum harmonic oscillator model that exhibits the semiconfinement effect through its mass varying with the position. The new method is used to compute…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-01 S. M. Nagiyev , A. M. Jafarova , E. I. Jafarov

The relativistic phase-space representation by means of the usual position and momentum operators for a class of observables with Weyl symbols independent of charge variable (i.e. with any combination of position and momentum) is proposed.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. I. Lev , A. A. Semenov , C. V. Usenko

We analyze the tunneling of a particle through a repulsive potential resulting from an inverted harmonic oscillator in the quantum mechanical phase space described by the Wigner function. In particular, we solve the partial differential…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-06-07 D. M. Heim , W. P. Schleich , P. M. Alsing , J. P. Dahl , S. Varro

Wigner phase space quasi-probability distribution function is a Fourier transform related to a given quantum mechanical wave function. It is shown that for the wave functions of type $\psi (q)=e^{-aq^2}\phi (q)$, the Wigner function can be…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-01-02 A. Tegmen