KTH/Nordita/SU seminar in Theoretical Physics

Wigner Distributions for Qudits : Two Approaches

by Subhash Chaturvedi (Hyderabad)

Europe/Stockholm
FA31

FA31

Description
Two approaches to setting up Wigner distributions for finite state quantum systems are outlined. While the first is group theoretic in nature and works for all finite groups of odd order ( abelian as well as non abelian), the second, inspired by Dirac's work on functions of non commuting obseravables, entails finding a specific square root of a certain Hadamard matrix and works in all dimensions.