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arxiv: 1810.11745 · v1 · pith:WS67AQ77new · submitted 2018-10-28 · 🪐 quant-ph · hep-th

Testing non-classicality with exact Wigner currents for an anharmonic quantum system

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keywords quantumwigneranharmonicphase-spacesystemcurrentsdrivenflow
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Phase-space features of the Wigner flow for an anharmonic quantum system driven by the harmonic oscillator potential modified by the addition of an inverse square (one-dimension Coulomb-like) contribution are analytically described in terms of Wigner functions and Wigner currents. Reporting about three correlated continuity equations which quantify the flux of quantum information in the phase-space, the non-classicality profile of such an anharmonic system can be consistently obtained in terms of the fluxes of {\em probability}, {\em purity} and {\em von Neumann-like entropy}. Considering that quantum fluctuations can be identified from distortions over the classical regime, they can be quantified through the above-mentioned information fluxes whenever some {\em classically bounded} volume of the phase-space is selected. Our results suggest that the Wigner flow approach works as a probe of quantumness and classicality for a large set of anharmonic quantum systems driven by quantum wells.

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