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We use a noncommutative generalization of Fourier analysis to define a broad class of pseudo-probability representations, which includes the known bosonic and discrete Wigner functions. We characterize the groups of quantum unitary…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-05-19 Sang Jun Park , Cedric Beny , Hun Hee Lee

Classical surfaces in phase space correspond to quantum states in Hilbert space. Subsystems specify factor spaces of the Hilbert space. An entangled state corresponds semiclassically to a surface that cannot be decomposed into a product of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. M. Ozorio de Almeida

The Wigner function provides a useful quasiprobability representation of quantum mechanics, with applications in various branches of physics. Many nice properties of the Wigner function are intimately connected with the high symmetry of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-03 Huangjun Zhu

A mapping between operators on the Hilbert space of $N$-dimensional quantum system and the Wigner quasiprobability distributions defined on the symplectic flag manifold is discussed. The Wigner quasiprobability distribution is constructed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-09-17 Vahagn Abgaryan , Arsen Khvedelidze , Astghik Torosyan

We develop a semi-classical approximation for the scar function in the Weyl-Wigner representation in the neighborhood of a classically unstable periodic orbit of chaotic two dimensional systems. The prediction of hyperbolic fringes,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Alejandro M. F. Rivas

A class of signed joint probability measures for n arbitrary quantum observables is derived and studied based on quasi-characteristic functions with symmetrized operator orderings of Margenau-Hill type. It is shown that the Wigner…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-01 Ralph Sabbagh , Olga Movilla Miangolarra , Hamid Hezari , Tryphon T. Georgiou

The Wigner function W(q,p) is formulated as a phase-space path integral, whereby its sign oscillations can be seen to follow from interference between the geometrical phases of the paths. The approach has similarities to the path-centroid…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. H. Samson

We study a generalization of the Wigner function to arbitrary tuples of hermitian operators, which is a distribution uniquely characterized by the property that the marginals for all linear combinations of the given operators agree with the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-09 René Schwonnek , Reinhard F. Werner

The Heisenberg evolution of a given unitary operator corresponds classically to a fixed canonical transformation that is viewed through a moving coordinate system. The operators that form the bases of the Weyl representation and its Fourier…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. M. Ozorio de Almeida , O. Brodier

In the context of phase-space quantization, matrix elements and observables result from integration of c-number functions over phase space, with Wigner functions serving as the quasi-probability measure. The complete sets of Wigner…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-02 Thomas Curtright , Tsuneo Uematsu , Cosmas Zachos

Wigner function is a quasi-distribution that provides a representation of the state of a quantum mechanical system in the phase space of position and momentum. In this paper we find a relation between Wigner function and appropriate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 Pier A. Mello , Michael Revzen

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

Phase space reflection operators lie at the core of the Wigner-Weyl representation of density operators and observables. The role of the corresponding classical reflections is known in the construction of semiclassical approximations to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-05 Alfredo M. Ozorio de Almeida

Quasiprobability representations, such as the Wigner function, play an important role in various research areas. The inevitable appearance of negativity in such representations is often regarded as a signature of nonclassicality, which has…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-21 Huangjun Zhu

Quasidiagonal operators on a Hilbert space are a large and important class (containing all self-adjoint operators for instance). They are also perfectly suited for study via the finite section method (a particular Galerkin method). Indeed,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Nathanial P. Brown

We consider an arbitrary square integrable function $F$ on the phase space and look for the Wigner function closest to it with respect to the $L^2$ norm. It is well known that the minimizing solution is the Wigner function of any…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-11-06 J. S. Ben-Benjamin , L. Cohen , N. C. Dias , P. Loughlin , J. N. Prata

We present a phase space description of the process of quantum teleportation for a system with an $N$ dimensional space of states. For this purpose we define a discrete Wigner function which is a minor variation of previously existing ones.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Juan Pablo Paz

It is standard to assume that the Wigner distribution of a mixed quantum state consisting of square-integrable functions is a quasi-probability distribution, that is that its integral is one and that the marginal properties are satisfied.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-24 Charlyne de Gosson , Maurice de Gosson

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

In this paper we generalize the concept of Wigner function in the case of quantum mechanics with a minimum length scale arising due to the application of a generalized uncertainty principle (GUP). We present the phase space formulation of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-01-28 Prathamesh Yeole , Vipul Kumar , Kaushik Bhattacharya