Quantum Knowledge in Phase Space

Entropy (Basel). 2023 Aug 17;25(8):1227. doi: 10.3390/e25081227.

Abstract

Quantum physics through the lens of Bayesian statistics considers probability to be a degree of belief and subjective. A Bayesian derivation of the probability density function in phase space is presented. Then, a Kullback-Liebler divergence in phase space is introduced to define interference and entanglement. Comparisons between each of these two quantities and the entropy are made. A brief presentation of entanglement in phase space to the spin degree of freedom and an extension to mixed states completes the work.

Keywords: Bayesian statistics; Kullback–Liebler divergence; entanglement; entropy; interference.