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The theory of Bloch electron dynamics for carriers in homogeneous electric and magnetic fields of arbitrary time dependence is developed in the framework of the Liouville equation. The Wigner distribution function (WDF) is determined from…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-29 G. J. Iafrate , V. N. Sokolov , J. B. Krieger

Using the phase-space formulation of quantum mechanics, we derive a four-component Wigner equation for a system composed of spin-1/2 fermions (typically, electrons) including the Zeeman effect and the spin-orbit coupling. This Wigner…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-04-12 Jerome Hurst , Paul-Antoine Hervieux , Giovanni Manfredi

The Weyl-Wigner representation of quantum mechanics allows one to map the density operator in a function in phase space - the Wigner function - which acts like a probability distribution. In the context of statistical mechanics, this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-31 Marcos Gil de Oliveira , Alfredo Miguel Ozorio de Almeida

Based on the Wigner function in local equilibrium, we derive hydrodynamical quantities for a system of polarized spin-1/2 particles: the particle number current density, the energy-momentum tensor, the spin tensor, and the dipole moment…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-12-22 Hao-Hao Peng , Jun-Jie Zhang , Xin-Li Sheng , Qun Wang

We solve the Wigner equation for massless spin-1/2 charged fermions near global equilibrium. The Wigner function can be obtained order by order in the power expansion of the vorticity and electromagnetic field. The Wigner function has been…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-01-04 Shi-Zheng Yang , Jian-Hua Gao , Zuo-Tang Liang , Qun Wang

One of the most prominent quasiprobability functions in quantum mechanics is the Wigner function that gives the right marginal probability functions if integrated over position or momentum. Here we depart from the definition of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-03-13 Hector Moya-Cessa

Applying a Weyl-Stratonovich transform to the evolution equation of the Wigner function in an electromagnetic field yields a multidimensional gauge-invariant equation which is numerically very challenging to solve. In this work, we apply…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-12 Clemens Etl , Mauro Ballicchia , Mihail Nedjalkov , Josef Weinbub

We propose a phase-space representation concept in terms of the Wigner function for a quantum harmonic oscillator model that exhibits the semiconfinement effect through its mass varying with the position. The new method is used to compute…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-01 S. M. Nagiyev , A. M. Jafarova , E. I. Jafarov

The tomographic invertable map of the Wigner function onto the positive probability distribution function is studied. Alternatives to the Schr\"odinger evolution equation and to the energy level equation written for the positive probability…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 Vladimir I. Man'ko

We calculate the Wigner function for massive spin-1/2 particles in an inhomogeneous electromagnetic field to leading order in the Planck constant $\hbar$. Going beyond leading order in $\hbar$ we then derive a generalized Boltzmann equation…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-10-02 Nora Weickgenannt , Xin-li Sheng , Enrico Speranza , Qun Wang , Dirk H. Rischke

Recently, a new definition for a Wigner distribution function for a one-dimensional finite quantum system, in which the position and momentum operators have a finite (multiplicity-free) spectrum, was developed. This distribution function is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-12-23 Roy Oste , Joris Van der Jeugt

The phase space representation for a q-deformed model of the quantum harmonic oscillator is constructed. We have found explicit expressions for both the Wigner and Husimi distribution functions for the stationary states of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. I. Jafarov , S. Lievens , S. M. Nagiyev , J. Van der Jeugt

The Wigner function $W_N({\bf x}, {\bf p})$ is a useful quantity to characterize the quantum fluctuations of an $N$-body system in its phase space. Here we study $W_N({\bf x}, {\bf p})$ for $N$ noninteracting spinless fermions in a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-07-28 Benjamin De Bruyne , David S. Dean , Pierre Le Doussal , Satya N. Majumdar , Gregory Schehr

We show that the behaviour in phase space of the Wigner function associated to the electromagnetic modes carries the information of both, the entanglement properties between matter and field, and the regions in parameter space where quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-02-21 E. Nahmad-Achar , R. López-Peña , S. Cordero , O. Castaños

The interconnection between quantum mechanics and probabilistic classical mechanics for a free relativistic particle is derived in terms of Wigner functions (WF) for both Dirac and Klein-Gordon (K-G) equations. Construction of WF is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 A. N. Mitra , R. Ramanathan

In this study, we compare the Wigner function $W$, its modulus, and the Husimi distribution $H$ in a one-dimensional quantum system exhibiting a transition from a single-well to a double-well configuration, using the quasi-exactly solvable…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-09 Angelina N. Mendoza Tavera , Adrian M. Escobar Ruiz , Robin P. Sagar

The Wigner distribution function is a quasi-probability distribution. When properly integrated, it provides the correct charge and current densities, but it gives negative probabilities in some points and regions of the phase space.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-08-13 E. Colomés , Z. Zhan , X. Oriols

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 the quantum mechanical equivalence of the Seiberg-Witten map in the context of the Weyl-Wigner-Groenewold-Moyal phase-space formalism in order to construct a quantum mechanics over noncommutative Heisenberg algebras. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Marcos Rosenbaum , J. David Vergara

Wigner distributions play a significant role in formulating the phase space analogue of quantum mechanics. The Schrodinger wave-functional for solitons is needed to derive it for solitons. The Wigner distribution derived can further be used…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-28 Ramkumar Radhakrishnan , Vikash Kumar Ojha