The ambiguity function and the displacement operator basis in quantum mechanics

DOI10.1088/1402-4896/AB3376arXiv1906.01709WikidataQ127456858 ScholiaQ127456858MaRDI QIDQ6319986FDOQ6319986

W. G. Unruh, J. S. Ben-Benjamin

Publication date: 4 June 2019

Abstract: We present a method for calculating expectation values of operators in terms of a corresponding c-function formalism which is not the Wigner--Weyl position-momentum phase-space, but another space. Here, the quantity representing the quantum system is the expectation value of the displacement operator, parametrized by the position and momentum displacements, and expectation values are evaluated as classical integrals over these parameters. The displacement operator is found to offer a complete orthogonal basis for operators, and some of its other properties are investigated. Connection to the Wigner distribution and Weyl procedure are discussed and examples are given.

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