A Note on Wigner Functions and *-Genvalue Equation
Sicong Jing, Bing-Sheng Lin
In deformation quantization, static Wigner functions obey functional *-genvalue equation, which is equivalent to time-independent Schrodinger equation in Hilbert space operator formalism of quantum mechanics. This equivalence is proved mostly for Hamiltonian with form Ĥ = (1/2)2 + V() [D. Fairlie, Proc. Camb. Phil. Soc. 60 (1964) 581]. In this note we generalize this proof to a very general Hamiltonian Ĥ(, ) and give examples to support it.
Communications in Theoretical Physics•Apr 1, 2009•0 citations