Quasi-Hermitian quantum mechanics in phase space

@article{Curtright2007QuasiHermitianQM,
  title={Quasi-Hermitian quantum mechanics in phase space},
  author={Thomas L. Curtright and Andrzej Veitia},
  journal={Journal of Mathematical Physics},
  year={2007},
  volume={48},
  pages={102112-102112}
}
We investigate quasi-Hermitian quantum mechanics in phase space using standard deformation quantization methods: Groenewold star products and Wigner transforms. We focus on imaginary Liouville theory as a representative example where exact results are easily obtained. We emphasize spatially periodic solutions, compute various distribution functions and phase-space metrics, and explore the relationships between them. 
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