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We propose the assumption of quantum mechanics on a discrete space and time, which implies the modification of mathematical expressions for some postulates of quantum mechanics. In particular we have a Hilbert space where the vectors are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Lorente

Unbounded potentials are always utilized to strictly confine quantum dynamics and generate bound or stationary states due to the existence of quantum tunneling. However, the existed accurate Wigner solvers are often designed for either…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-06-04 Zhenzhu Chen , Yunfeng Xiong , Sihong Shao

The construction of discrete velocity models or numerical methods for the Boltzmann equation, may lead to the necessity of computing the collision operator as a sum over lattice points. The collision operator involves an integral over a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 L. Fainsilber , P. Kurlberg , B. Wennberg

General molecular dynamic approach, making possible direct calculation of eigen values and eigen functions for a quantum-mechanical system of an arbitrary symmetry is proposed. The method is based on analogy between discrete representation…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 V. N. Pyrkov , V. M. Burlakov

The Wigner localization is an electron phase at low densities when the electrons are sharply localized around equilibrium positions. The simulation of the Wigner localization phenomenon requires careful treatment of the many-body…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-06-28 Xue Quan , Huajie Chen

The Wigner-function formalism is a well known approach to model charge transport in semiconductor nanodevices. Primary goal of the present article is to point out and explain intrinsic limitations of the conventional quantum-device modeling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 Roberto Rosati , Fabrizio Dolcini , Rita Claudia Iotti , Fausto Rossi

A new non-perturbative approach to quantum theory in curved spacetime and to quantum gravity, based on a generalisation of the Wigner equation, is proposed. Our definition for a Wigner equation differs from what have otherwise been…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 Frank Antonsen

We show that any second order linear ordinary diffrential equation with constant coefficients (including the damped and undumped harmonic oscillator equation) admits an exact discretization, i.e., there exists a difference equation whose…

Popular Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jan L. Cieslinski , Boguslaw Ratkiewicz

The Gottesman-Knill theorem established that stabilizer states and operations can be efficiently simulated classically. For qudits with dimension three and greater, stabilizer states and Clifford operations have been found to correspond to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-09-25 Lucas Kocia , Yifei Huang , Peter Love

We have constructed a lattice Wigner-Weyl code that generalizes the Buot-Jensen algorithm to the calculation of electron transport in two-dimensional circular-cylindrically symmetric structures, where the Wigner function equation is solved…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Greg Recine , Bernard Rosen , Hong-Liang Cui

We consider the general Wigner function for a particle confined to a finite interval and subject to Dirichlet boundary conditions. We derive the boundary corrections to the "star-genvalue" equation and to the time evolution equation. These…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Nuno Costa Dias , Joao Nuno Prata

The Wigner function is a well-known phase space distribution function with many applications in quantum mechanics. In this article, we consider an open quantum system consisting of a non-relativistic single particle interacting with a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-06 Nick Huggett , Christian Käding , Mario Pitschmann , James Read

We present a phase space description of the process of quantum teleportation for a system with an $N$ dimensional space of states. For this purpose we define a discrete Wigner function which is a minor variation of previously existing ones.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Juan Pablo Paz

We consider a quantum system consisting of a one-dimensional chain of M identical harmonic oscillators with natural frequency $\omega$, coupled by means of springs. Such systems have been studied before, and appear in various models. In…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Lievens , N. I. Stoilova , J. Van der Jeugt

The equation of motion for the reduced Wigner function of a system coupled to an external quantum system is presented for the specific case when the external quantum system can be modeled as a set of harmonic oscillators. The result is…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2017-05-11 Dries Sels , Fons Brosens

We demonstrate the reconstruction of the Wigner function from marginal distributions of the motion of a single trapped particle using homodyne detection. We show that it is possible to generate quantum states of levitated optomechanical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-23 Muddassar Rashid , Marko Toroš , Hendrik Ulbricht

The Weyl relations, the harmonic oscillator, the hydrogen atom, the Dirac equation on the lattice are presented with the help of the difference equations and the orthogonal polynomials of discrete variable. This area of research is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Lorente

In this paper, we propose a numerical method to approximate the solution of the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation with periodic boundary condition in a high-dimensional setting. We discretize space by using the Fourier pseudo-spectral…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-05-20 Yuya Suzuki , Dirk Nuyens

This work presents an elegant formalism to model the evolution of the full two rigid body problem. The equations of motion, given in a Cartesian coordinate system, are expressed in terms of spherical harmonics and Wigner D-matrices. The…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-08 Gwenaël Boué

A quasi-distribution function in phase space (based on Wigner functions) is used to write down the quantum version of Boltzmann equation (Wigner-Boltzmann transport equation). The relaxation time approximation is show to be a good approach…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-12-21 Aldo R. Fernandes Nt