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The thesis is devoted to the phase space representation of relativistic quantum mechanics. For a class of observables with matrix-valued Weyl symbols proportional to the identity matrix, the Weyl-Wigner-Moyal formalism is proposed. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. A. Semenov

Mathematical method of quantum phase space is very useful in physical applications like quantum optics and non-relativistic quantum mechanics. However, attempts to generalize it for the relativistic case lead to some difficulties. One of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. A. Semenov , B. I. Lev , C. V. Usenko

We give a geometric proof of a theorem of Weyl on the continuous part of the spectrum of Sturm-Liouville operators on the half-line with asymptotically constant coefficients. Earlier proofs due to Weyl and Kodaira depend on special features…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2019-08-30 Nigel Higson , Qijun Tan

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

Since the very early days of quantum theory there have been numerous attempts to interpret quantum mechanics as a statistical theory. This is equivalent to describing quantum states and ensembles together with their dynamics entirely in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-21 R. P. Rundle , Todd Tilma , J. H. Samson , V. M. Dwyer , R. F. Bishop , M. J. Everitt

Novel quantization properties related to the state vectors and the energy spectrum of a two-dimensional system of free particles are obtained in the framework of noncommutative (NC) quantum mechanics (QM) supported by the Weyl-Wigner…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-08-04 Catarina Bastos , Alex E. Bernardini , Jonas F. G. Santos

Let $(W,H,\mu)$ be an abstract Wiener space and $L$ be a probability density of class LlogL. Using the measure transportation of Monge-Kantorovitch, we prove that the kernel of the projection of L on the second Wiener chaos defines an…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 D. Feyel , A. S. Ustunel

Using the Wigner-Weyl mapping of quantum mechanics to phase space we consider exactly the quantum mechanics of an harmonic oscillator driven by an external white noise force or whose frequency is time dependent, either adiabatically or…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-08-11 T. B. Smith

The Weyl quantization of classical observables on the torus (as phase space) without regularity assumptions is explicitly computed. The equivalence class of symbols yielding the same Weyl operator is characterized. The Heisenberg equation…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-10-14 Marilena Ligabò

In quantum mechanics, systems can be described in phase space in terms of the Wigner function and the star-product operation. Quantum characteristics, which appear in the Heisenberg picture as the Weyl's symbols of operators of canonical…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-07-19 M. I. Krivoruchenko , C. Fuchs , Amand Faessler

In the Wigner-Weyl phase space formulation of quantum mechanics, we analyse the problem of the spreading of an initial state or an initial operator under time evolution when described in terms of the Krylov basis. After constructing the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-18 Kunal Pal , Kuntal Pal , Keun-Young Kim

In the usual formulation of quantum mechanics, groups of automorphisms of quantum states have ray representations by unitary and antiunitary operators on complex Hilbert space, in accordance with Wigner's Theorem. In the phase-space…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-02-23 A. J. Bracken , G. Cassinelli , J. G. Wood

Let $0\leq \alpha<n$, $m\in \mathbb{N}$ and let consider $T_{\alpha,m}$ be a of integral operator, given by kernel of the form $$K(x,y)=k_1(x-A_1y)k_2(x-A_2y)\dots k_m(x-A_my),$$ where $A_i$ are invertible matrices and each $k_i$ satisfies…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2020-07-06 Gonzalo H. Ibañez-Firnkorn , María Silvina Riveros , Raúl E. Vidal

Discussed are some geometric aspects of the phase space formalism in quantum mechanics in the sense of Weyl, Wigner, Moyal and Ville. We analyze the relationship between this formalism and geometry of the Galilei group, classical momentum…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-02-05 J. J. Sławianowski , V. Kovalchuk , A. Martens , B. Gołubowska , E. E. Rożko

We give a comprehensive treatment of Sturm-Liouville operators with measure-valued coefficients including, a full discussion of self-adjoint extensions and boundary conditions, resolvents, and Weyl-Titchmarsh theory. We avoid previous…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2013-08-14 Jonathan Eckhardt , Gerald Teschl

These classical inequalities allow one to estimate the number of negative eigenvalues and the sums $S_{\gamma}=\sum |\lambda_i|^{\gamma}$ for a wide class of Schr\"{o}dinger operators. We provide a detailed proof of these inequalities for…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-04-04 S. Molchanov , B. Vainberg

Quantum machine learning (QML) seeks to exploit the intrinsic properties of quantum mechanical systems, including superposition, coherence, and quantum entanglement for classical data processing. However, due to the exponential growth of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-09 Timothy Heightman , Edward Jiang , Ruth Mora-Soto , Maciej Lewenstein , Marcin Płodzień

Weyl semimetals (WSMs) host charged Weyl fermions as emergent quasiparticles. We develop a unified analytical theory for the anomalous positive longitudinal magnetoconductance (LMC) in a WSM, which bridges the gap between the classical and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-01-30 Ming-Xun Deng , G. Y. Qi , R. Ma , R. Shen , L. Sheng , D. Y. Xing

We provide a potential conceptual reason for the positivity of the Weil functional using the Hilbert space framework of the semi-local trace formula of the paper "Trace formula in noncommutative geometry and the zeros of the Riemann zeta…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-06-25 Alain Connes , Caterina Consani

The phase-space formulation of quantum mechanics has recently seen increased use in testing quantum technologies, including metho ds of tomography for state verification and device validation. Here, an overview of quantum mechanics in phase…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-05 Russell P Rundle , Mark J Everitt