Geometric Phases In Physics: 5 (Advanced Series In Mathematical Physics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9971505991 ISBN 13: 9789971505998

Publisher: EPB Publishers Pte Ltd, 1989

Synopsis

During the last few years, considerable interest has been focused on the phase that waves accumulate when the equations governing the waves vary slowly. The recent flurry of activity was set off by a paper by Michael Berry, where it was found that the adiabatic evolution of energy eigenfunctions in quantum mechanics contains a phase of geometric origin (now known as ‘Berry's phase’) in addition to the usual dynamical phase derived from Schrödinger's equation. This observation, though basically elementary, seems to be quite profound. Phases with similar mathematical origins have been identified and found to be important in a startling variety of physical contexts, ranging from nuclear magnetic resonance and low-Reynolds number hydrodynamics to quantum field theory. This volume is a collection of original papers and reprints, with commentary, on the subject.

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In 1984, a paper by Michael Berry showed that the adiabatic evolution of energy eigenfunctions, with respect to a time-dependent quantum Hamiltonian H(t) , contains a phase of deeply geometrical origin ("Berry's phase") in addition to the familiar dynamical phase. These papers (some original, some reprinted) examine the theory and practical usefuln

Edition details

• Publisher: EPB Publishers Pte Ltd
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9971505991
• ISBN 13: 9789971505998
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 528
• Editor: Shapere Alfred, Wilczek Frank