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The Wigner-Weyl isomorphism for quantum mechanics on a compact simple Lie group $G$ is developed in detail. Several New features are shown to arise which have no counterparts in the familiar Cartesian case. Notable among these is the notion…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 N. Mukunda , G. Marmo , Alessandro Zampini , S. Chaturvedi , R. Simon

This paper contains a brief sketch of some methods that can be used to obtain the Wigner function for a number of systems. We give an overview of the technique as it is applied to some simple differential systems related to diffusion…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-05 P. G. Morrison

New time dependent Wigner functions for the quantum harmonic oscillator have been obtained in this work. The Moyal equation for the harmonic oscillator has been presented as the wave equation of a 2D membrane in the phase plane. The values…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-03-27 E. E. Perepelkin , B. I. Sadovnikov , N. G. Inozemtseva , E. V. Burlakov

In this paper, we study within the structure of Symplectic Quantum Mechanics a bi-dimensional non-relativistic strong interaction system which represent the bound state of heavy quark-antiquark, where we consider a Cornell potential which…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-01-04 R. R. Luz , Caroline S. R. Costa , G. X. A. Petronilo , A. E. Santana , R. G. G. Amorim , R. A. S. Paiva

The question how to quantize a classical system where an angle phi is one of the basic canonical variables has been controversial since the early days of quantum mechanics. The problem is that the angle is a multivalued or discontinuous…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 H. A. Kastrup

We show how sub-Planck phase-space structures in the Wigner function can be used to achieve Heisenberg-limited sensitivity in weak force measurements. Nonclassical states of harmonic oscillators, consisting of superpositions of coherent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 F. Toscano , D. A. R. Dalvit , L. Davidovich , W. H. Zurek

Exploring the concept of the extended Galilei group G. Representations for field theories in a symplectic manifold have been derived in association with the method of the Wigner function. The representation is written in the light-cone of a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-09-15 G. X. A. Petronilo , S. C. Ulhoa , K. V. S. Araújo , R. A. S. Paiva , R. G. G. Amorim , A. E. Santana

Coherent-state superpositions are of great importance for many quantum subjects, ranging from foundational to technological, e.g., from tests of collapse models to quantum metrology. Here we explore various aspects of these states, related…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-08 Naeem Akhtar , Barry C. Sanders , Carlos Navarrete-Benlloch

An electron moving on plane in a uniform magnetic field orthogonal to plane is known as the Landau problem. Wigner functions for the Landau problem when the plane is noncommutative are found employing solutions of the Schroedinger equation…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 O. F. Dayi , L. T. Kelleyane

Bifractional displacement operators, are introduced by performing two fractional Fourier transforms on displacement operators. They are shown to be special cases of elements of the group G, that contains both displacements and squeezing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-08-14 S. Agyo , C. Lei , A. Vourdas

The Wigner eigenfunctions of a free quantum particle propagating on a plane are derived. Two possibilities are analysed. Firstly, the particle of given energy and angular momentum is discussed. In that case, a special choice of coordinates…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-12 Hubert Jóźwiak , Jaromir Tosiek

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

For the continuous Wigner function and for certain discrete Wigner functions, permuting the values of the Wigner function in accordance with a symplectic linear transformation is equivalent to performing a certain unitary transformation on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-05 William K. Wootters

The mixed density operator for coarsegrained eigenlevels of a static Hamiltonian is represented in phase space by the spectral Wigner function, which has its peak on the corresponding classical energy shell. The action of trajectory…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-05 Alfredo M. Ozorio de Almeida

We derive analytical formulas for the equal-time Wigner function in an electromagnetic field of arbitrary strength. While the magnetic field is assumed to be constant, the electric field is assumed to be space-independent and oriented…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-03-13 Xin-li Sheng , Ren-hong Fang , Qun Wang , Dirk H. Rischke

We extend the Wigner-Weyl-Moyal phase-space formulation of quantum mechanics to general curved configuration spaces. The underlying phase space is based on the chosen coordinates of the manifold and their canonically conjugate momenta. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-02-07 Clemens Gneiting , Timo Fischer , Klaus Hornberger

Phase space reflection operators lie at the core of the Wigner-Weyl representation of density operators and observables. The role of the corresponding classical reflections is known in the construction of semiclassical approximations to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-05 Alfredo M. Ozorio de Almeida

The original Wigner function provides a way of representing in phase space the quantum states of systems with continuous degrees of freedom. Wigner functions have also been developed for discrete quantum systems, one popular version being…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Kathleen S. Gibbons , Matthew J. Hoffman , William K. Wootters

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

Using the Wigner-Vlasov formalism, an exact 3D solution of the Schr\"odinger equation for a scalar particle in an electromagnetic field is constructed. Electric and magnetic fields are non-uniform. According to the exact expression for the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-13 E. E. Perepelkin , B. I. Sadovnikov , N. G. Inozemtseva , P. V. Afonin