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Trajectories along which phase-space points of the Wigner distribution function move are computed for a Gaussian wave packet moving under the influence of a weak perturbative potential. The potentials considered are a potential step, a potential barrier, and a periodic potential. Trajectories computed exhibit the complex, nonlocal nature of quantum dynamics. It is seen that quantum interference, which takes place in the time development of the wave packet, is taken care of in a simple way by the Wigner trajectory method presented here.
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Lee, HW. Wigner trajectories of a Gaussian wave packet perturbed by a weak potential. Found Phys 22, 995–1010 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00733392
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00733392