Berry phase correction to electron density in solids and "exotic" dynamics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2009-11-11 v5 High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
Recent results on the semiclassical dynamics of an electron in a solid are explained using techniques developed for ``exotic'' Galilean dynamics. The system is indeed Hamiltonian and Liouville's theorem holds for the symplectic volume form. Suitably defined quantities satisfy hydrodynamic equations.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0506051,
title = {Berry phase correction to electron density in solids and "exotic" dynamics},
author = {C. Duval and Z. Horvath and P. A. Horvathy and L. Martina and P. Stichel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0506051},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Affiliation of the first Author expanded. One more reference added. To appear in Mod. Phys. Lett. B. 5 pages