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The basics of the Wigner formulation of Quantum-Mechanics and few related interpretational issues are presented in a simple language. This formulation has extensive applications in Quantum Optics and in Mixed Quantum-Classical formulations.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-06-11 Ali Mohammad Nassimi

We develop a general formalism for the quantum kinetics of chiral fermions in a background electromagnetic field based on a semiclassical expansion of covariant Wigner functions in the Planck constant $\hbar$. We demonstrate to any order of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-09-12 Jian-Hua Gao , Zuo-Tang Liang , Qun Wang , Xin-Nian Wang

We apply the Wigner function formalism from quantum optics via two approaches, Wootters' discrete Wigner function and the generalized Wigner function, to detect quantum phase transitions in critical spin-$\tfrac{1}{2}$ systems. We develop a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-09-09 Zakaria Mzaouali , Steve Campbell , Morad El Baz

The Weiss variation of the Einstein-Hilbert action with an appropriate boundary term has been studied for general boundary surfaces; the boundary surfaces can be spacelike, timelike, or null. To achieve this we introduce an auxiliary…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-07-20 Justin C. Feng , Sumanta Chakraborty

We present a perturbation analysis of the semiclassical Wigner equation which is based on the interplay between configuration and phase spaces via Wigner transform. We employ the so-called harmonic approximation of the Schrodinger…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-11-25 E. K. Kalligiannaki , G. N. Makrakis

The relativistic semi-classical approximation for a free massive particle is studied using the Wigner-Weyl formalism. A non-covariant Wigner function is proposed using the Newton-Wigner position operator. The perturbative solution for the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Mourad

We consider the Boltzmann equations with cutoff collision kernels in bounded domains. For the initial data with finite physical bounds, we prove the existence of global-in-time renormalized solutions in the sense of DiPerna-Lions endowed…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-09-12 Ning Jiang , Xu Zhang

A general canonical transformation of mechanical operators of position and momentum is considered. It is shown that it automatically generates a parameter s which leads to a generalized (or s-parameterized) Wigner function. This allows one…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alex Granik

An extended Wigner function formalism is introduced for describing the quantum dynamics of particles with internal degrees of freedom in the presence of spatially inhomogeneous fields. The approach is used for quantitative simulations of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-05-09 Marcel Utz , Malcolm H Levitt , Nathan Cooper , Hendrik Ulbricht

The ADM approach to canonical general relativity combined with Dirac's method of quantizing constrained systems leads to the Wheeler-DeWitt equation. A number of mathematical as well as physical difficulties that arise in connection with…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-28 N. P. Landsman

The classical boundaries of the quantum singular oscillator (SO) is addressed under Weyl-Wigner phase-space and Bohmian mechanics frameworks as to comparatively evaluate phase-space and configuration space quantum trajectories as well as to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-21 Caio Fernando e Silva , Alex E. Bernardini

The Wigner function of a dynamical infinite dimensional lattice is studied. A closed differential equation without diffusion terms for this function is obtained and solved. We map atom-photon interaction systems, such as the Jaynes-Cummings…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-08-03 A. Rosado , E. Sadurní , J. M. Torres

We describe a set of conformally covariant boundary operators associated to the Paneitz operator, in the sense that they give rise to a conformally covariant energy functional for the Paneitz operator on a compact Riemannian manifold with…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-09-29 Jeffrey S. Case

This paper deals with Poisson processes on an arbitrary measurable space. Using a direct approach, we derive formulae for moments and cumulants of a vector of multiple Wiener-It\^o integrals with respect to the compensated Poisson process.…

Probability · Mathematics 2014-07-08 Guenter Last , Mathew D. Penrose , Matthias Schulte , Christoph Thaele

We analyze the tunneling of a particle through a repulsive potential resulting from an inverted harmonic oscillator in the quantum mechanical phase space described by the Wigner function. In particular, we solve the partial differential…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-06-07 D. M. Heim , W. P. Schleich , P. M. Alsing , J. P. Dahl , S. Varro

We modify the path integral representation of exciton transport in open quantum systems such that an exact description of the quantum fluctuations around the classical evolution of the system is possible. As a consequence, the time…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-04-19 Anton Ivanov , Heinz-Peter Breuer

For classical canonical transformations, one can, using the Wigner transformation, pass from their representation in Hilbert space to a kernel in phase space. In this paper it will be discussed how the time-dependence of the uncertainties…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-12-19 Dieter Schuch , Marcos Moshinsky

This paper considers the Helmholtz problem in the exterior of a ball with Dirichlet boundary conditions and radiation conditions imposed at infinity. The differential Helmholtz operator depends on the complex wavenumber with non-negative…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-22 Benedikt Gräßle , Stefan A. Sauter

The various roles of boundary terms in the gravitational Lagrangian and Hamiltonian are explored. A symplectic Hamiltonian-boundary-term approach is ideally suited for a large class of quasilocal energy-momentum expressions for general…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Chiang-Mei Chen , James M. Nester

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