Annals of West University of Timisoara - Physics

On The Information-Theoretical Entropy for Some Quantum Oscillators

Dušan Popov, Nicolina Pop, Simona Şimon

Published Dec 1, 2013• 0 citations

Abstract

Abstract The information-theoretical entropy, also called the “classical” entropy, was introduced by Wehrl in terms of the Glauber coherent states (CSs) | z > , i.e. the CSs corresponding to the one-dimensional harmonic oscillator (HO-1D). In the present paper, we have focused our attention on the examination of the information-theoretical entropy, i.e. the Wehrl entropy, for both the pure and the mixed (thermal) states of some quantum oscillators.

DOI: 10.1515/awutp-2015-0108

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