The Wigner Function of the Rotating Kratzer Oscillator Mapped Onto the Morse Oscillator

In this article, the rotating Kratzer oscillator in quantum phase space is studied. The Langer transformation is used to map the Kratzer oscillator with centrifugal term onto a one-dimensional Morse oscillator. As a result, the Wigner distribution functions for the Morse oscillator are obtained. The quantum states of the system are visualized in the phase space for a few vibrational and rotational quantum numbers. The results obtained in the phase space correspond to those derived in the standard quantum theory. (C) 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem 110: 1615-1621, 2010