Calculating means of quantum observables in the optical tomography representation

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Abstract: Given a density operator hatho the optical tomography map defines a one-parameter set of probability distributions whatho(X,phi),phiin[0,2pi), on the real line allowing to reconstruct hatho. We introduce a dual map from the special class mathcalA of quantum observables hata to a special class of generalized functions a(X,phi) such that the mean value <hata>hatho=Tr(hathohata) is given by the formula <hata>hatho=intlimits02piintlimits−infty+inftywhatho(X,phi)a(X,phi)dXdphi. The class mathcalA includes all the symmetrized polynomials of canonical variables hatq and hatp.












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