Wigner negativity and stellar rank for SU(1,1) states
Source: Originally published on arXiv quant-ph on July 28, 2026.
arXiv:2607.22810v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Quasiprobability distributions for systems endowed with SU(1,1) dynamical symmetry have received surprisingly little attention, despite the central role of this symmetry in two-photon physics, squeezed states, and nonlinear interferometry. Here, we fill this gap by constructing a full covariant family of $s$-ordered quasiprobability distributions defined on the two-sheeted hyperboloid, or equivalently, on the Poincar'e unit disk via stereographic projection. A key result is that the Wigner function is strictly positive for all Perelomov SU(1,1) coherent states, in sharp contrast to the SU(2) case. This positivity endows Wigner negativity with an unambiguous operational meaning: any negative volume is a direct signature of genuinely quantum b...
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