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Communications in Theoretical Physics

On Husimi Distribution for Systems with Continuous Spectrum

F. Pennini, Sergio Curilef

Published Mar 1, 2010• 0 citations
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Abstract

We propose a procedure to generalize the Husimi distribution to systems with continuous spectrum. We start examining a pioneering work, by Gazeau and Klauder, where the concept of coherent states for systems with discrete spectrum was extended to systems with continuous one. In the present article, we see the Husimi distribution as a representation of the density operator in terms of a basis of coherent states. There are other ways to obtain it, but we do not consider here. We specially discuss the problem of the continuous harmonic oscillator.

DOI
10.1088/0253-6102/53/3/25

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We propose a procedure to generalize the Husimi distribution to systems with continuous spectrum. We start examining a pioneering work, by Gazeau and Klauder, where the concept of coherent states for systems with discrete spectrum was extended to systems with continuous one. In the present article, we see the Husimi distribution as a representation of the density operator in terms of a basis of coherent states. There are other ways to obtain it, but we do not consider here. We specially discuss the problem of the continuous harmonic oscillator.
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A new approach is developed for solving spectral problems for operators with continuous spectrum, which consists in the integral transform of the problem by using coherent Schwartz distributions. The constructed family of coherent distributions is a complete analogue of the family of ordinary coherent states. More precisely, it satisfies all Gazeau–Klauder axioms satisfied by the usual coherent states. But in contrast to the coherent states belonging to the point spectrum of the annihilation operator (or operators), the coherent distributions belong to the continuous spectrum of some Hermitian operators. Therefore, the coherent distributions work better than the coherent states as the kernel of the integral representation of generalized eigenfunctions of operators with continuous spectrum. In this work, this approach is demonstrated with an example of solving a basic problem of quantum mechanics, i.e., the problem of the continuous part of the spectrum of the Hamiltonian of the hydrogen atom.
The Husimi function provides a phase-space view of quantum systems. This paper considers a number of its properties, including ways in which it can be expanded in terms of basis functions. A spectral or ‘‘natural’’ expansion and an expansion analogous to the Carlson–Keller expansion in terms of coordinate-density momentum-density products are considered, as is a method for separating the angular dependence of the momentum. There is a set of functions in phase space having the same overlap properties as the initial orbital basis in terms of which the charge density matrix is expressed. A Husimi matrix is defined and a scalar product in the space containing such matrices as elements is introduced. The connection with the vector space of density matrices is examined. The Husimi function is related to the Husimi matrix in a way analogous to the relationship between a density matrix and a density, but there is a major difference in that this map can always be inverted. For a harmonic oscillator basis the phase space basis functions, in terms of which the Husimi function is expressed, span a linear space but do not provide a complete set; their products provide a linearly independent set that is complete. It is suggested that similar behavior can be expected for other basis sets.
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