The Wentzel - Kramers - Brillouin approximation method applied to the Wigner function

Abstract

An adaptation of the WKB method in the deformation quantization formalism is presented with the aim to obtain an approximate technique of solving the eigenvalue problem for energy in the phase space quantum approach. A relationship between the phase $\sigma(\vec{r})$ of a wave function $\exp \left(\frac{i}{\hbar} \sigma(\vec{r}) \right)$ and its respective Wigner function is derived. Formulas to calculate the Wigner function of a product and of a superposition of wave functions are proposed. Properties of a Wigner function of interfering states are also investigated. Examples of this quasi - classical approximation in deformation quantization are analysed. A strict form of the Wigner function for states represented by tempered generalised functions has been derived. Wigner functions of unbound states in the Poeschl - Teller potential have been found.