On the Wigner distribution of the reduced density matrix

DOI10.4310/ATMP.2022.V26.N9.A5MaRDI QIDQ6186478zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Maurice de Gosson, Charlyne de Gosson

Publication date 2 February 2024

Published in Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.14056

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics, structure of matter (82-XX) Quantum theory (81-XX)

Abstract: CConsider a bipartite quantum system consisting of two subsystems A and B. The reduced density matrix ofA a is obtained by taking the partial trace with respect to B. In this work, we will show that the Wigner distribution of this reduced density matrix is obtained by integrating the total Wigner distribution with respect to the phase space variables corresponding to subsystem B. The proof we give is rigorous (as opposed to those found in the literature) and makes use of the Weyl--Wigner--Moyal phase space formalism. Our main result is applied to general Gaussian mixed states, of which it gives a particularly simple and precise description. We also briefly discuss the purification of a mixed state from the Wigner formalism point of view.

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