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Entropy and Wigner Functions

G. Manfredi, M. R. Feix

abstract: The properties of an alternative definition of quantum entropy, based on Wigner functions, are discussed. Such definition emerges naturally from the Wigner representation of quantum mechanics, and can easily quantify the amount of entanglement of a quantum state. It is shown that smoothing of the Wigner function induces an increase in entropy. This fact is used to derive some simple rules to construct positive definite probability distributions which are also admissible Wigner functions

oai_identifier:
oai:arXiv.org:quant-ph/0203102
categories:
quant-ph
comments:
18 pages
doi:
10.1103/PhysRevE.62.4665
arxiv_id:
quant-ph/0203102
journal_ref:
Phys. Rev E 62, 4665 (2000)
created:
2002-03-20

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