Quantum phase space with a basis of Wannier functions

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/AAAC54zbMATH Open1459.81049arXiv1708.06507OpenAlexW2749716680MaRDI QIDQ4964461FDOQ4964461

Authors: Yuan Fang, Fan Wu, Biao Wu 

Publication date: 2 March 2021

Published in: Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A quantum phase space with Wannier basis is constructed: (i) classical phase space is divided into Planck cells; (ii) a complete set of Wannier functions are constructed with the combination of Kohn's method and L"owdin method such that each Wannier function is localized at a Planck cell. With these Wannier functions one can map a wave function unitarily onto phase space. Various examples are used to illustrate our method and compare it to Wigner function. The advantage of our method is that it can smooth out the oscillations in wave functions without losing any information and is potentially a better tool in studying quantum-classical correspondence. In addition, we point out that our method can be used for time-frequency analysis of signals.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.06507

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special quantum systems, such as solvable systems (81Q80)

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