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International Journal of Theoretical Physics

Analytic Wigner Negativity for Mixtures and Superpositions of the Lowest Fock States

K. M. Fonseca-Romero

Published Apr 1, 2026• 0 citations
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10.1007/s10773-025-06241-w

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