Wave-packet evolution in non-Hermitian quantum systems
Journal Article
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· Physical Review. A
- Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ (United Kingdom)
- Department of Mathematics, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TW (United Kingdom)
The quantum evolution of the Wigner function for Gaussian wave packets generated by a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian is investigated. In the semiclassical limit ({h_bar}/2{pi}){yields}0 this yields the non-Hermitian analog of the Ehrenfest theorem for the dynamics of observable expectation values. The lack of Hermiticity reveals the importance of the complex structure on the classical phase space: The resulting equations of motion are coupled to an equation of motion for the phase-space metric - a phenomenon having no analog in Hermitian theories.
- OSTI ID:
- 21550009
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. A, Vol. 83, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.83.060101; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 1050-2947
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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WIGNER THEORY
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