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Physical Review A

s-order positive quasiprobabilities: Nonlinear dynamics without divergences

F. A. M. de Oliveira

Published Mar 1, 1992• 2 citations
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Abstract

Computer simulations of nonlinear quantum-dynamical systems have presented several unexpected difficulties, such as divergences. Using s-order positive-quasiprobability representations for the problem of a nonlinearly damped interferometer, it is found that the divergences disappear for s=2/3.
DOI
10.1103/physreva.45.3350

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