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Quantum Mechanics in Phase Space: I. The Weyl-Wigner Formalism

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Author(s):
Marcelo A. Marchiolli [1]
Total Authors: 1
Affiliation:
[1] Universidade de São Paulo. Instituto de Física de São Carlos - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 1
Document type: Journal article
Source: Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física; v. 24, n. 4, p. 421-436, 2002-00-00.
Abstract

The last decades have witnessed an ever increasing number of articles in numerous physical areas of research dedicated to develop and apply the Weyl-Wigner formalism in connection with a variety of different physical systems. The possibility of deepening our understanding of the uncertainty principle and recuperating Classical Mechanics in the <IMG SRC="/img/fbpe/rbef/v24n4/a09img01.gif">-> 0 limit explains the increasing abundance of adepts of the phase-space description of Quantum Mechanics. In this favorable context, the present work aims at introducing a basic set of results that characterize the formalism at issue, allowing the reader to have access to the main ideas emanating from this fascinating theme. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 00/15084-5 - Atoms, ions and fields in traps and cavities
Grantee:Salomon Sylvain Mizrahi
Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants