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

An adaptation of the Wentzel-Kramers-Brilluoin 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 σ(r) of a wave function expi(i/Ƌσ(r)) 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]