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Comments on the Weyl-Wigner calculus for lattice models

Quantum Physics 2021-03-19 v1 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

Here, we clarify the physical aspects between the discrete Weyl-Wigner (W-W) formalism, well developed in condensed matter physics, and the so-called 'precise Weyl-Wigner calculus for lattice models' recently appearing in the literature. We point out that the use of compact continuous momentum space for a discrete lattice model is unphysically founded. It has an incommensurate phase space, highly unphysical, lacks the finite fields aspects, as exemplified by the Born-von Karman boundary condition of compactified Bravais lattice of solid-state physics, and leads to several ambiguities. This new W-W formalism simply lacks bijective Fourier transformation, which is well-known to support the uncertainty principle of canonical conjugate dynamical variables of quantum physics. Moreover, this new W-W formalism for lattice models failed to handle the quantum physics of qubits, representing two discrete lattice sites.

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@article{arxiv.2103.10351,
  title  = {Comments on the Weyl-Wigner calculus for lattice models},
  author = {Felix A. Buot},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.10351},
  year   = {2021}
}

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6 pages, no figures

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