Published February 9, 2004
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Journal article
A relativistic variant of the Wigner function
Creators
Description
The conventional Wigner function is inappropriate in a quantum field theory setting because, as a quasiprobability density over phase space, it is not manifestly Lorentz-covariant. A manifestly relativistic variant is constructed as a quasiprobability density over trajectories instead of over phase space
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.physleta.2003.12.029;
- arXiv
- arXiv:quant-ph/0304171v3;
- PII
- S0375960103018504;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics Letters. A
- Journal Volume
- 321
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Journal Page Range
- p. 216-224
- ISSN
- 0375-9601
- CODEN
- PYLAAG
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 36089017
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- DENSITY; FUNCTIONS; PHASE SPACE; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; TRAJECTORIES; WIGNER THEORY
- Descriptors DEC
- ENERGY RANGE; FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SPACE
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.