Wigner distributions in quantum mechanics

Ercolessi, E. ; Marmo, G. ; Morandi, G. ; Mukunda, N. (2007) Wigner distributions in quantum mechanics Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 87 (1). 012010_1-012010_12. ISSN 1742-6588

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Abstract

The Weyl-Wigner description of quantum mechanical operators and states in classical phase-space language is well known for Cartesian systems. We describe a new approach based on ideas of Dirac which leads to the same results but with interesting additional insights. A way to set up Wigner distributions in an interesting non-Cartesian case, when the configuration space is a compact connected Lie group, is outlined. Both these methods are adapted to quantum systems with finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces, and the results are contrasted.

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