Semi-classical mechanics in phase space: A study of Wigner’s function

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DOI10.1098/rsta.1977.0145zbMath0421.70020OpenAlexW2090432663MaRDI QIDQ3854684

M. V. Berry

Publication date: 1977

Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1977.0145



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