W ∞ -covariance of the Weyl–Wigner–Groenewold–Moyal quantization

DOI10.1063/1.532149zbMATH Open0890.46056arXivquant-ph/9707040OpenAlexW3105709910MaRDI QIDQ4378301FDOQ4378301

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Publication date: 16 July 1998

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The differential structure of operator bases used in various forms of the Weyl-Wigner-Groenewold-Moyal (WWGM) quantization is analyzed and a derivative-based approach, alternative to the conventional integral-based one is developed. Thus the fundamental quantum relations follow in a simpler and unified manner. An explicit formula for the ordered products of the Heisenberg-Weyl algebra is obtained. The W(infty) -covariance of the WWGM-quantization in its most general form is established. It is shown that the group action of W(infty) that is realized in the classical phase space induces on bases operators in the corresponding Hilbert space a similarity transformation generated by the corresponding quantum W(infty) which provides a projective representation of the former $W_{infty}$. Explicit expressions for the algebra generators in the classical phase space and in the Hilbert space are given. It is made manifest that this W(infty)-covariance of the WWGM-quantization is a genuine property of the operator bases.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9707040

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zbMATH Keywords

Weyl quantizationHeisenberg-Weyl algebraoperator bases

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of functional analysis in quantum physics (46N50) Phase-space methods including Wigner distributions, etc. applied to problems in quantum mechanics (81S30)

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