Physical Wigner functions

Carlos L. Benavides-Riveros and José M. Gracia-Bondía
Phys. Rev. A 87, 022118 – Published 20 February 2013

Abstract

In spite of their potential usefulness, the characterizations of Wigner functions for Bose and Fermi statistics given by O’Connell and Wigner himself almost thirty years ago [Phys. Rev. A 30, 2613 (1984)] have drawn little attention. With an eye towards applications in quantum chemistry, we revisit and reformulate them in a more convenient way.

  • Received 15 November 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.87.022118

©2013 American Physical Society

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Carlos L. Benavides-Riveros1,2,3 and José M. Gracia-Bondía2,3

  • 1Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung, Wellenberg 1 Bielefeld 33615, Germany
  • 2Departamento de Física Teórica, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
  • 3Instituto de Biocomputación y Física de Sistemas Complejos (BIFI), Universidad de Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain

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Vol. 87, Iss. 2 — February 2013

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