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The phase-space representation for a relativistic linear oscillator in a homogeneous external field expressed through the finite-difference equation is constructed. Explicit expressions of the relativistic oscillator Wigner…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-10-27 S. M. Nagiyev , G. H. Guliyeva , E. I. Jafarov

The symmetry studies of Maxwell equations gave new insight on the nature of electromagnetic (EM) field. It has in general case quaternion single structure, consisting of four independent field constituents, which differ with each other by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-09-21 Dmitri Yerchuck , Alla Dovlatova , Andrey Alexandrov

In this work we provide a complete model of semiclassical theories by including back-reaction and correlation into the picture. We specially aim at the interaction between light and a two-level atom, and we also illustrate it via the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-10-28 Gerardo García , Laura Ares , Alfredo Luis

The electromagnetic momentum transferred transfered to scattering particles is proportional to the intensity of the incident fields, however, the momentum of single photons ($\hbar k$) does not naturally appear in these classical…

Optics · Physics 2015-08-10 Michael Mazilu

The gauge invariant electromagnetic Wigner equation is taken as the basis for a fluid-like system describing quantum plasmas, derived from the moments of the gauge invariant Wigner function. The use of the standard, gauge dependent Wigner…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 F. Haas , J. Zamanian , M. Marklund , G. Brodin

Using the remarkable mathematical construct of Eugene Wigner to visualize quantum trajectories in phase space, quantum processes can be described in terms of a quasi-probability distribution analogous to the phase space probability…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-01-29 Frank Kirtschig , Jorrit Rijnbeek , Jeroen van den Brink , Carmine Ortix

The Wigner function is a quantum analogue of the classical joined distribution of position and momentum. As such is should be a good tool to study quantum-classical correspondence. In this paper, the classical limit of the Wigner function…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-15 Jan Mostowski , Joanna Pietraszewicz

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

A theoretical scheme, based on a probabilistic generalization of the Hamilton's principle, is elaborated to obtain an unified description of more general dynamical behaviors determined both from a lagrangian function and by mechanisms not…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-09-28 Matteo Villani

We consider a quantization of relativistic wave equations which allows to treat quantum fields together with interacting particles at a finite time. We discuss also a dissipative interaction with the environment. We introduce a stochastic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Z. Haba

A classical circularly polarized electromagnetic wave carries angular momentum, and represents the classical limit of a photon, which carries quantized spin. It is shown that a very similar picture of a circularly polarized coherent wave…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alan M. Kadin

A method for characterising the wave-function of freely-propagating particles would provide a useful tool for developing quantum-information technologies with single electronic excitations. Previous continuous-variable quantum tomography…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-22 J. D. Fletcher , N. Johnson , E. Locane , P. See , J. P. Griffiths , I. Farrer , D. A. Ritchie , P. W. Brouwer , V. Kashcheyevs , M. Kataoka

We investigate deviations from the plane wave model in the interaction of charged particles with strong electromagnetic fields. A general result is that integrability of the dynamics is lost when going from lightlike to timelike or…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-10-05 Thomas Heinzl , Anton Ilderton , Ben King

We define a Wigner distribution function for a one-dimensional finite quantum system, in which the position and momentum operators have a finite (multiplicity-free) spectrum. The distribution function is thus defined on discrete…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-11-13 Joris Van der Jeugt

A theory for the characterization of the fourth moment of electromagnetic wave beams is presented in the case when the source is partially coherent. A Gaussian-Schell model is used for the partially coherent random source. The white-noise…

Optics · Physics 2022-01-19 Josselin Garnier , Knut Sølna

The nonlinear interaction, due to quantum electrodynamical (QED) effects, between photons is investigated using a wave-kinetic description. Starting from a coherent wave description, we use the Wigner transform technique to obtain a set of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 M. Marklund , P. K. Shukla , G. Brodin , L. Stenflo

The relation of the Wigner function with the fair probability distribution called tomographic distribution or quantum tomogram associated with the quantum state is reviewed. The connection of the tomographic picture of quantum mechanics…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Margarita A. Man'ko , Vladimir I. Man'ko

We consider a simple quantum system subjected to a classical random force. Under certain conditions it is shown that the noise-averaged Wigner function of the system follows an integro-differential stochastic Liouville equation. In the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-02-03 Salman Habib

The mechanism of the transition of a dynamical system from quantum to classical mechanics is one of the remaining challenges of quantum theory. Currently, it is considered to occur via decoherence caused by entanglement and/or stochastic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 John S. Briggs , James M. Feagin

Branching flow -- a phenomenon known for steady wave propagation in two-dimensional weak correlated random potential is also present in the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation for a single particle in one dimension, moving in a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-23 Jakub Šťavina , Peter Bokes