Eigenvalue bounds on quasiprobability distributions and experimental tests of quantum mechanics

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28 May 1999

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

Abstract

Best possible upper and lower bounds, as defined by quantum mechanics through the Wigner function, are determined for the quasiprobability mass which can occur on any circular disk or annulus in the phase-plane of a 1-dimensional system in an arbitrary state. Violation of these bounds by experimentally measured quasiprobability distributions would signal deviations from quantum mechanics.

Keywords

QUASIPROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS
MEASURED QUASIPROBABILITY
QUASIPROBABILITY MASS
DIMENSIONAL SYSTEM
QUANTUM MECHANICS
EIGENVALUE BOUNDS
WIGNER FUNCTION
CIRCULAR DISK

All Related Versions

Version 1, 1999-05-28, ArXiv
Version 2, 1999-10-09, ArXiv
Published version: Physical Review Letters, 83 (19), 3758.

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