Exact results for nonequilibrium dynamics in Wigner phase space

Abstract

We study time evolution of Wigner function of an initially interacting one-dimensional quantum gas following the switch-off of the interactions. For the scenario where at t = 0 the interactions are suddenly suppressed, we derive a relationship between the dynamical Wigner function and its initial value. A two-particle system initially interacting through two different interactions of Dirac delta type is examined. For a system of particles that is suddenly let to move ballistically (without interactions) in a harmonic trap in d dimensions, and using time evolution of one-body density matrix, we derive a relationship between the time dependent Wigner function and its initial value. Using the inverse Wigner transform we obtain, for an initially harmonically trapped noninteracting particles in d dimensions, the scaling law satisfied by the density matrix at time t after a sudden change of the trapping frequency. Finally, the effects of interactions are analyzed in the dynamical Wigner function.