Generalized Weyl–Wigner–Moyal–Ville Formalism and Topological Groups
✍ Scribed by Jan J. Sławianowski; Vasyl Kovalchuk; Agnieszka Martens; Barbara Gołubowska; Eliza E. Rożko
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 390 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0170-4214
- DOI
- 10.1002/mma.1531
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✦ Synopsis
Discussed are some geometric aspects of the phase space formalism in quantum mechanics in the sense of Weyl, Wigner, Moyal, and Ville. We analyze the relationship between this formalism and geometry of the Galilei group, classical momentum mapping, theory of unitary projective representations of groups, and theory of groups algebras. Later on, we present some generalization to quantum mechanics on locally compact Abelian groups. It is based on Pontryagin duality. Indicated are certain physical aspects in quantum dynamics of crystal lattices, including the phenomenon of ‘Umklapp–Prozessen’. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.