Wigner phase space distribution as a wave function
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Publication:6231077
DOI10.1103/PHYSREVA.88.052108arXiv1202.3628MaRDI QIDQ6231077FDOQ6231077
Dmitry Zhdanov, D. I. Bondar, Herschel Rabitz, Renan Cabrera
Publication date: 16 February 2012
Abstract: We demonstrate that the Wigner function of a pure quantum state is a wave function in a specially tuned Dirac bra-ket formalism and argue that the Wigner function is in fact a probability amplitude for the quantum particle to be at a certain point of the classical phase space. Additionally, we establish that in the classical limit, the Wigner function transforms into a classical Koopman-von Neumann wave function rather than into a classical probability distribution. Since probability amplitude need not be positive, our findings provide an alternative outlook on the Wigner function's negativity.
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