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The tomographic invertable map of the Wigner function onto the positive probability distribution function is studied. Alternatives to the Schr\"odinger evolution equation and to the energy level equation written for the positive probability…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 Vladimir I. Man'ko

I point out that if one defines the operator $U_R(t)$ as done by M. Znojil in his reply [arXiv:0711.0514v1] to my comment [arXiv:0711.0137v1] and also accepts the validity of the defining relation of $U_R(t)$ as given in his paper…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-11-08 Ali Mostafazadeh

We prove a new version of Egorov's theorem formulated in the Schr\"{o}dinger picture of quantum mechanics, using the $p$-Wasserstein metric applied to the Husimi functions of quantum states. The special case $p=1$ corresponds to a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-10 Jordan Cotler , Felipe Hernández

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 study the time dependent Schr\"odinger equation for large spinless fermions with the semiclassical scale $\hbar = N^{-1/3}$ in three dimensions. By using the Husimi measure defined by coherent states, we rewrite the Schr\"odinger…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-05-09 Li Chen , Jinyeop Lee , Matthew Liew

For quantum systems with two dimensional configuration space we construct a physical radial momentum observable. Rescaling the radius we find the dilatonic degrees of freedom form a Weyl algebra. With this we construct the radial Wigner…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. Twamley

This paper aims to explore the inherent connection among Heisenberg groups, quantum Fourier transform and (quasiprobability) distribution functions. Distribution functions for continuous and finite quantum systems are examined first as a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Manas K. Patra , Samuel L. Braunstein

Quantum mechanics is challenging even for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. In the Schr\"odinger representation, the wave function evolves in time according to the time dependent Schr\"odinger equation. The time dependence of…

Physics Education · Physics 2016-02-18 Emily Marshman , Chandralekha Singh

The evolution equation for the propagator of the quantum system in the optical probability representation (optical propagator) is obtained. The relations between the optical and quantum propagators for the Schr\"odinger equation and the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-04-07 Yakov A. Korennoy , Vladimir I. Man'ko

We discuss a new phase space method for the computation of quantum expectation values in the high frequency regime. Instead of representing a wavefunction by its Wigner function, which typically attains negative values, we define a new…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-07 Johannes Keller , Caroline Lasser , Tomoki Ohsawa

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

We discuss the numerical solution of the Schr\"odinger equation with a time-dependent Hamilton operator using commutator-free time-propagators. These propagators are constructed as products of exponentials of simple weighted sums of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-06-02 A. Alvermann , H. Fehske

For an ergodic system, the time average of a classical observable coincides with that obtained via the Liouville probability density, a delta-function on the energy shell. Reinterpreting this distribution as a Wigner function, that is, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Alfredo M. Ozorio de Almeida

Based on the dispersion chain of the Vlasov equations, the paper considers the construction of a new chain of equations of quantum mechanics of high kinematical values. The proposed approach can be applied to consideration of classical and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-03-22 E. E. Perepelkin , B. I. Sadovnikov , N. G. Inozemtseva , A. A. Korepanova

Time--dependent integrals of motion which are linear forms in position and momentum are discussed for Husimi parametric forced oscillator. Generalization of these integrals of motion for q--oscillator is presented. Squeezing and quadrature…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 V. I. Man'ko

We extend Einstein's hole argument into the quantum domain, and argue that quantum observables for quasiclassical superpositional states of gravitational fields require additional information to be well-defined, namely, relative positions…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-02-13 I. Schmelzer

The quantum-mechanical state vector is not directly observable even though it is the fundamental variable that appears in Schrodinger's equation. In conventional time-dependent perturbation theory, the state vector must be calculated before…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. D. Franson , Michelle M. Donegan

The Wigner distribution function is a quasi-probability distribution. When properly integrated, it provides the correct charge and current densities, but it gives negative probabilities in some points and regions of the phase space.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-08-13 E. Colomés , Z. Zhan , X. Oriols

The semiclassical long-time limit of free evolution of quantum wave packets on the torus is under consideration. Despite of simplicity of this system, there are still open questions concerning the detailed description of the evolution on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-06-28 A. S. Trushechkin

We give a simple demonstration that the Schr\"odinger equation may be recast as a self-contained second-order Newtonian law for a congruence of spacetime trajectories. This provides a pictorial representation of the quantum state as the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-08-23 Peter Holland