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Rapidly Decaying Wigner Functions are Schwartz Functions

Quantum Physics 2022-02-18 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We show that if the Wigner function of a (possibly mixed) quantum state decays toward infinity faster than any polynomial in the phase space variables xx and pp, then so do all of its derivatives, i.e., it is a Schwartz function on phase space. This is equivalent to the condition that the Husimi function is a Schwartz function, that the quantum state is a Schwartz operator in the sense of Keyl et al., and, in the case of a pure state, that the wavefunction is a Schwartz function on configuration space. We discuss the interpretation of this constraint on Wigner functions and provide explicit bounds on Schwartz seminorms.

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@article{arxiv.2103.14183,
  title  = {Rapidly Decaying Wigner Functions are Schwartz Functions},
  author = {Felipe Hernandez and C. Jess Riedel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.14183},
  year   = {2022}
}
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