Title
THE ADIABATIC THEOREM AND BERRYS PHASE
Publication Date
1989
Journal or Book Title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
Abstract
A study is presented of Berry’s observation that when a quantum‐mechanical system is transported on a closed adiabatic journey, a topological phase arises in addition to the usual dynamical phase expected from the adiabatic theorem. Consequences are explored in the case of a simple magnetic moment–magnetic field interaction and are shown to lead, among other things, to Dirac’s famous relation between electric and magnetic charges.
Pages
1079-1084
Volume
57
Issue
12
Recommended Citation
Holstein, BR, "THE ADIABATIC THEOREM AND BERRYS PHASE" (1989). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. 381.
Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umass.edu/physics_faculty_pubs/381
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Comments
The published version is located at http://ajp.aapt.org/resource/1/ajpias/v57/i12/p1079_s1