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An initial coherent state is propagated exactly by a kicked quantum Hamiltonian and its associated classical stroboscopic map. The classical trajectories within the initial state are regular for low kicking strengths, then bifurcate and…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2019-07-16 Gabriel M. Lando , Alfredo M. Ozorio de Almeida

We develop a phase-space framework for fractional generalised anharmonic oscillators and their heat semigroups on weighted modulation spaces. We consider operators of the form \[ \mathcal{H}_{k,l}=(-\Delta)^{l}+V(x), \] where $V$ is a…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-03 Aparajita Dasgupta , Uttam Kumar Dolai

A classical theorem of Stone and von Neumann says that the Schr\"{o}dinger representation is, up to unitary equivalences, the only irreducible representation of the Heisenberg group on the Hilbert space of square-integrable functions on…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Maurice A. De Gosson

We extend the Wigner-Weyl-Moyal phase-space formulation of quantum mechanics to general curved configuration spaces. The underlying phase space is based on the chosen coordinates of the manifold and their canonically conjugate momenta. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-02-07 Clemens Gneiting , Timo Fischer , Klaus Hornberger

We address the phase space formulation of a noncommutative extension of quantum mechanics in arbitrary dimension, displaying both spatial and momentum noncommutativity. By resorting to a covariant generalization of the Weyl-Wigner transform…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Catarina Bastos , Orfeu Bertolami , Nuno Costa Dias , João Nuno Prata

A gauge invariant quantization in a closed integral form is developed over a linear phase space endowed with an inhomogeneous Faraday electromagnetic tensor. An analog of the Groenewold product formula (corresponding to Weyl ordering) is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 M. V. Karasev , T. A. Osborn

This paper treats mathematically some problems in p-adic quantum mechanics. We first deal with p-adic symplectic group corresponding to the symmetry on the classical phase space. By the filtrations of isotropic subspaces and almost…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-02-17 Zhi Hu , Sen Hu

We have treated numerous illustrative examples of spin relaxation problems using Wigner's phase-space formulation of quantum mechanics of particles and spins. The merit of the phase space formalism as applied to spin relaxation problems is…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-03-07 Yu. P. Kalmykov , W. T. Coffey , S. V. Titov

The mixed density operator for coarsegrained eigenlevels of a static Hamiltonian is represented in phase space by the spectral Wigner function, which has its peak on the corresponding classical energy shell. The action of trajectory…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-05 Alfredo M. Ozorio de Almeida

The time evolution of the Wigner function for Gaussian states generated by Lindblad quantum dynamics is investigated in the semiclassical limit. A new type of phase-space dynamics is obtained for the centre of a Gaussian Wigner function,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-02-01 E M Graefe , B Longstaff , T Plastow , R Schubert

Quantum-optical descriptions of strong-field processes have attracted significant attention in recent years. Typically, the theoretical modeling has been conducted in the Schr\"odinger picture, where results are only obtainable under…

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

The quasi-Heisenberg picture of minisuperspace model is considered. The The quasi-Heisenberg picture of minisuperspace model is considered. The suggested scheme consists in quantizing of the equation of motion and interprets all observables…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 S. L. Cherkas , V. L. Kalashnikov

This paper is concerned with the efficient numerical computation of solutions to the 1D stationary Schr\"odinger equation in the semiclassical limit in the highly oscillatory regime. A previous approach to this problem based on explicitly…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-11-05 A. Arnold , C. Klein. B. Ujvari

As an extension of Gabor signal processing, the covariant Weyl-Heisenberg integral quantization is implemented to transform functions on the eight-dimensional phase space $\left(x,k\right)$ into Hilbertian operators. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-22 Gilles Cohen-Tannoudji , Jean-Pierre Gazeau , Célestin Habonimana , Juma Shabani

The extension of the phase-space Weyl-Wigner quantum mechanics to the subset of Hamiltonians in the form of $H(q,\,p) = {K}(p) + {V}(q)$ (with $K(p)$ replacing single $p^2$ contributions) is revisited. Deviations from classical and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-09 Alex E. Bernardini , Orfeu Bertolami

We perform a phase space analysis of evolution equations associated with the Weyl quantization $q^{\mathrm{w}}$ of a complex quadratic form $q$ on $\mathbb{R}^{2d}$ with non-positive real part. In particular, we obtain pointwise bounds for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-29 S. Ivan Trapasso

We analyze the semiclassical evolution of Gaussian wavepackets in chaotic systems. We prove that after some short time a Gaussian wavepacket becomes a primitive WKB state. From then on, the state can be propagated using the standard TDWKB…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-13 Raphael N. P. Maia , Fernando Nicacio , Raul O. Vallejos , Fabricio Toscano

For quantum observables $H$ truncated on the range of orthogonal projections $\Pi_N$ of rank $N$, we study the corresponding Weyl symbol in the phase space in the semiclassical limit of vanishing Planck constant $\hbar\to0$ and large…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-06-19 Fabio Deelan Cunden , Marilena Ligabò , Maria Caterina Susca

If we develop into perturbation series the evolution operator of the Heisenberg equation in the infinite dimensional Weyl algebra, say, for the $\phi^4$ model of field theory, then the arising integrals almost coincide with the usual…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-10-18 A. V. Stoyanovsky