Symbol Correspondence for Euclidean Systems

Abstract

The three main objects that serve as the foundation of quantum mechanics on phase space are the Weyl transform, the Wigner distribution function, and the $\star$-product of phase space functions. In this article, the $\star$-product of functions on the Euclidean motion group of rank three, $\mathrm{E}(3)$, is constructed. $C^*$-algebra properties of $\star_s$ on $\mathrm{E}(3)$ are presented, establishing a phase space symbol calculus for functions whose parameters are translations and rotations. The key ingredients in the construction are the unitary irreducible representations of the group.