Distribution Functions in Classical and Quantum Mechanics
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement
- Vol. 98, 109-156
- https://doi.org/10.1143/ptps.98.109
Abstract
The correspondence between classical and quantum mechanics is an important subject for the better understandings of “quantum chaos”. In particular, it is very important to investigate the correspondence between distribution functions in classical mechanics and in phase space representation of quantum mechanics. This is the review of our recent progresses in the study of distribution functions in classical and quantum mechanics, namely distribution functions in classical mechanics and in coarse-grained classical mechanics as well as the Wigner function and the Husimi function. Topics dealt with include formulations of the Wigner representation, the Husimi representation and coarse-grained classical mechanics, and their applications to the analyses of the eigenstates and time developments of the distribution functions.Keywords
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