arXiv:hep-th/0202062 · Modern Physics Letters A

WIGNER FUNCTIONS FOR THE LANDAU PROBLEM IN NONCOMMUTATIVE SPACES

Omer Faruk Dayi, LARA T. KELLEYANE

Published Sep 21, 2002• 66 citations

Abstract

An electron moving on plane in a uniform magnetic field orthogonal to the plane is known as the Landau problem. Wigner functions for the Landau problem when the plane is noncommutative are found employing solutions of the Schrödinger equation as well as solving the ordinary ⋆-genvalue equation in terms of an effective Hamiltonian. Then, we let momenta and coordinates of the phase space be noncommutative and introduce a generalized ⋆-genvalue equation. We solve this equation to find the related Wigner functions and show that under an appropriate choice of noncommutativity relations they are independent of noncommutativity parameter.

DOI: 10.1142/s0217732302008356

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