Relationships among Generalized Phase-Space Distributions
- 1 February 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Vol. 10 (2) , 233-235
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1664837
Abstract
The generalized phase‐space distributions, including the Wigner distribution, are presented in terms of expected values of generating operators. A generalization of the Weyl correspondence is obtained to provide expressions for generalized Wigner equivalents. Finally, rather simple relationships are obtained connecting the generalized phase‐space distributions to the Wigner distribution; and similar relationships are obtained for the generalized Wigner equivalents. In particular, it appears that, among the class considered, there is no reason to use any distribution other than the Wigner for performing any calculations.Keywords
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