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Wigner functions play a central role in the phase space formulation of quantum mechanics. Although closely related to classical Liouville densities, Wigner functions are not positive definite and may take negative values on subregions of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. G. Wood , A. J. Bracken

Orthogonal decomposition of the square root of a probability density function in the Hermite basis is a useful low-dimensional parameterization of continuous probability distributions over the reals. This representation is formally similar…

Computation · Statistics 2018-01-08 Madeleine B. Thompson

On the one hand, we prove that almost surely, for large dimension, there is no eigenvalue of a Hermitian polynomial in independent Wigner and deterministic matrices, in any interval lying at some distance from the supports of a sequence of…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-09-20 Serban Belinschi , Mireille Capitaine

In this work we study the Wigner functions, which are the quantum analogues of the classical phase space density, and show how a full rigorous semiclassical scheme for all orders of \hbar can be constructed for them without referring to the…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-07 Gregor Veble , Marko Robnik , Valery Romanovski

The ratio between two probability density functions is an important component of various tasks, including selection bias correction, novelty detection and classification. Recently, several estimators of this ratio have been proposed. Most…

Methodology · Statistics 2014-04-30 Rafael Izbicki , Ann B. Lee , Chad M. Schafer

We study Hermitian non-commutative quadratic polynomials of multiple independent Wigner matrices. We prove that, with the exception of some specific reducible cases, the limiting spectral density of the polynomials always has a square root…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-09-01 Jacob Fronk , Torben Krüger , Yuriy Nemish

By combining the Malliavin calculus with Fourier techniques, we develop a high-order asymptotic expansion theory for a sequence of vector-valued random variables. Our asymptotic expansion formulas give the development of the characteristic…

Probability · Mathematics 2019-09-20 Ciprian Tudor , Nakahiro Yoshida

The aim of this work is to estimate a quadratic functional of a unknown Wigner function from noisy tomographic data. The Wigner function can be seen as the representation of the quantum state of a light beam. The estimation of a quadratic…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2016-08-16 Katia Méziani

The quantum evolution of the Wigner function for Gaussian wave packets generated by a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian is investigated. In the semiclassical limit $\hbar\to 0$ this yields the non-Hermitian analog of the Ehrenfest theorem for the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-07-04 Eva-Maria Graefe , Roman Schubert

The presence of negative values in the Wigner quasiprobability distribution is deemed one of the hallmarks of nonclassical phenomena in quantum systems. Here we demonstrate a classical model of squeezed light that, when combined with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-27 Brian R. La Cour

The Wigner function for one and two-mode quantum systems is explicitely expressed in terms of the marginal distribution for the generic linearly transformed quadratures. Then, also the density operator of those systems is written in terms…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 G. M. D'Ariano , S. Mancini , V. I. Man'ko , P. Tombesi

Wigner function tomography is indispensable for characterizing quantum states, but its commonly used version, balanced homodyne detection, suffers from several weaknesses. First, it requires efficient detection, which is critical for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-25 Mahmoud Kalash , Maria V. Chekhova

Let $W_i=\{W_i(t_i), t_i\in \R_+\}, i=1,2,\ldots,d$ are independent Wiener processes. $W=\{W(\mathbf{t}),t\in \R_+^d\}$ be the additive Wiener field define as the sum of $W_i$. For any trend $f$ in $\kHC$ (the reproducing kernel Hilbert…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-10-25 Pingjin Deng

Quantum dots with conduction electrons or holes originating from several bands are considered. We assume the particles are confined in a harmonic potential and assume the electrons (or holes) belonging to different bands to be different…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 K. Karkkainen M. Koskinen , S. M. Reimann , M. Manninen

A class of signed joint probability measures for n arbitrary quantum observables is derived and studied based on quasi-characteristic functions with symmetrized operator orderings of Margenau-Hill type. It is shown that the Wigner…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-01 Ralph Sabbagh , Olga Movilla Miangolarra , Hamid Hezari , Tryphon T. Georgiou

In this manuscript, we analyze the expansions of functions in orthogonal polynomials associated with a general weight function in a multidimensional setting. Such orthogonal polynomials can be obtained by Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-08-01 Adi Ditkowski , Rami Kats

The properties of an alternative definition of quantum entropy, based on Wigner functions, are discussed. Such definition emerges naturally from the Wigner representation of quantum mechanics, and can easily quantify the amount of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 G. Manfredi , M. R. Feix

Near-Gaussian probability densities are common in many important physical applications. Here we develop an asymptotic expansion methodology for computing entropic functionals for such densities. The expansion proposed is a close relative of…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2016-06-29 Gordon V. Chavez , Richard Kleeman

An $\hbar$-expansion is presented for the ensemble-averaged spectral function of noninteracting matter waves in random potentials. We obtain the leading quantum corrections to the deep classical limit at high energies by the Wigner-Weyl…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-06-01 Martin-Isbjörn Trappe , Dominique Delande , Cord A. Müller

We perform unrestricted Hartree-Fock (HF) calculations for electrons in a parabolic quantum dot at zero magnetic field. The crossover from Fermi liquid to Wigner molecule behavior is studied for up to eight electrons and various spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Boris Reusch , Wolfgang Häusler , Hermann Grabert