Professor Nancy Cartwright nancy.cartwright@durham.ac.uk
Professor
The Wigner function, which is commonly used as a joint distribution for non-commuting observables, is shown to be non-negative in all quantum states when smoothed with a gaussian whose variances are greater than or equal to those of the minimum uncertainty wave packet.
Cartwright, N. (1975). A Non-Negative Wigner-Type Distribution. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 83(1), 210-212. https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-4371%2876%2990145-x
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | 1975 |
Deposit Date | Aug 25, 2015 |
Journal | Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications |
Print ISSN | 0378-4371 |
Electronic ISSN | 1873-2119 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Volume | 83 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 210-212 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-4371%2876%2990145-x |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1403663 |
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