PHASE-SPACE STUDY OF THE STERN-GERLACH EXPERIMENT

Authors
MULLER CW METZ FW
Citation
Cw. Muller et Fw. Metz, PHASE-SPACE STUDY OF THE STERN-GERLACH EXPERIMENT, Journal of physics. A, mathematical and general, 27(10), 1994, pp. 3511-3522
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Journal of physics. A, mathematical and general → ACNP
ISSN journal
03054470
Volume
27
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
3511 - 3522
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-4470(1994)27:10<3511:PSOTSE>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
We study the motion of neutral spinning particles in static inhomogene ous magnetic fields, where the orbital motion and spin dynamic do not factorize. Using the phase-space representation of quantum mechanics, the Moyal propagator is obtained for the case of a linearized field. A s an example, the evolution of particles in coherent rotational states is calculated. In order to interprete the Wigner state function in a classical mechanical way, we calculated the Husimi functions.