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Journal of Mathematical Physics

Exact evolution equations for SU(2) quasidistribution functions

A. B. Klimov

Published May 1, 2002• 61 citations
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Abstract

We derive an exact (differential) evolution equation for a class of SU(2) quasiprobability distribution functions. Linear and quadratic cases are considered as well as the quasiclassical limit of the large dimension of representation, S≫1.
DOI
10.1063/1.1463711

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