Physical Review A

Comment on “Wigner phase-space distribution function for the hydrogen atom”

Jens Peder Dahl, Michael Springborg

Published May 1, 1999• 7 citations

Abstract

We object to the proposal that the mapping of the three-dimensional hydrogen atom into a four-dimensional harmonic oscillator can be readily used to determine the Wigner phase-space distribution function for the hydrogen atom.

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.59.4099

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