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We exhibit a relationship between the massless $a_2^{(2)}$ integrable quantum field theory and a certain third-order ordinary differential equation, thereby extending a recent result connecting the massless sine-Gordon model to the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Patrick Dorey , Roberto Tateo

We propose an operational form for the kernel of a mapping between an operator acting in a Hilbert space of a quantum system with SU(n) symmetry group and its symbol in the corresponding classical phase space. For symmetric irreps of SU(n),…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-08-25 Andrei B Klimov , Hubert de Guise

Bases for SU(3) irreps are constructed on a space of three-particle tensor products of two-dimensional harmonic oscillator wave functions. The Weyl group is represented as the symmetric group of permutations of the particle coordinates of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 D. J. Rowe , B. C. Sanders , H. de Guise

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

We derive a discrete spectral representation of the single-particle self-energy using a discrete evaluation of Kugler's symmetric improved estimator. Our construction can be used on both the real and the complex (Matsubara) frequency axis.…

Low-order nonlinear phase gates allow the construction of versatile higher-order nonlinearities for bosonic systems and grant access to continuous variable quantum simulations of many unexplored aspects of nonlinear quantum dynamics. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-15 Darren W. Moore , Radim Filip

We show that if the Wigner function of a (possibly mixed) quantum state decays toward infinity faster than any polynomial in the phase space variables $x$ and $p$, then so do all of its derivatives, i.e., it is a Schwartz function on phase…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-02-18 Felipe Hernandez , C. Jess Riedel

I propose a version of quantum mechanics featuring a discrete and finite number of states that is plausibly a model of the real world. The model is based on standard unitary quantum theory of a closed system with a finite-dimensional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-03 Sean M. Carroll

We discuss the left-covariant 3-dimensional differential calculus on the quantum sphere $SU_q (2)/U(1) $. The $SU_q (2)$-spinor harmonics are treated as coordinates of the quantum sphere. We consider the gauge theory for the quantum group…

q-alg · Mathematics 2008-02-03 B. M. Zupnik

We investigate the tomography of unknown unitary quantum processes within the framework of a finite-dimensional Wigner-type representation. This representation provides a rich visualization of quantum operators by depicting them as shapes…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-19 Amit Devra , Léo Van Damme , Frederik vom Ende , Emanuel Malvetti , Steffen J. Glaser

This work focuses on non-compact groups and their applications to quantum gravity, mainly through the use of tensor operators. First, the mathematical theory of tensor operators for a Lie group is recast in a new way which is used to…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-09-27 Giuseppe Sellaroli

A scheme to form a basis and a frame for a Hilbert space of quaternion valued square integrable function from a basis and a frame, respectively, of a Hilbert space of complex valued square integrable functions is introduced. Using the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-09-11 A. Askari Hemmat , K. Thirulogasanthar , A. Krzyzak

We discuss questions pertaining to the definition of `momentum', `momentum space', `phase space', and `Wigner distributions'; for finite dimensional quantum systems. For such systems, where traditional concepts of `momenta' established for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. Chaturvedi , E. Ercolessi , G. Marmo , G. Morandi , N. Mukunda , R. Simon

The formalism of classical and quantum mechanics on phase space leads to symplectic and Heisenberg group representations, respectively. The Wigner functions give a representation of the quantum system using classical variables. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ajay Patwardhan

In this paper, we develop a quantum theory of homogeneously curved tetrahedron geometry, by applying the combinatorial quantization to the phase space of tetrahedron shapes defined in arXiv:1506.03053. Our method is based on the relation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-17 Muxin Han , Chen-Hung Hsiao , Qiaoyin Pan

The Wigner function of a finite-dimensional system can be constructed via dual pairing of a density matrix with the Stratonovich-Weyl kernel. Following Kenfack and $\dot{\text{Z}}$yczkowski, we consider the indicator of nonclassicality of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-30 Vahagn Abgaryan , Arsen Khvedelidze , Astghik Torosyan

A system of $N$ non-canonical dynamically free 3D harmonic oscillators is studied. The position and the momentum operators (PM-operators) of the system do not satisfy the canonical commutation relations (CCRs). Instead they obey the weaker…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 T. D. Palev

We analyse the role of the Extended Clifford group in classifying the spectra of phase point operators within the framework laid out by Gibbons et al for setting up Wigner distributions on discrete phase spaces based on finite fields. To do…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. M. Appleby , Ingemar Bengtsson , S. Chaturvedi

In this paper we study a connection between finite-gap on one energy level two-dimensional Schrodinger operators and two-dimensional discrete operators. We find spectral data for a new class of two-dimensional integrable discrete operators.…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2025-01-24 Polina A. Leonchik , Andrey E. Mironov

This work explores the intersection of quantum mechanics and curved spacetime by employing the Wigner formalism to investigate quantum systems in the vicinity of black holes. Specifically, we study the quantum dynamics of a probe particle…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-21 David Garcia-Garcia , Jose A. R. Cembranos