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Loop variables and gravitational Berry's quantum phase in the space-time of a rotating massive body

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

In this paper we compute the holonomies along curves in the gravitational field of a slowly rotating massive body. We use our results to study the gravitational analogue of Aharanov-Bohm effect in this space-time. We also investigate the behaviour of a scalar quantum particle in this space-time and determine Berry's quantum phase acquired by this particle when transported along a closed curve surrounding the body.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0307107,
  title  = {Loop variables and gravitational Berry's quantum phase in the space-time of a rotating massive body},
  author = {J. G. de Assis and V. B. Bezerra and C. Furtado},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0307107},
  year   = {2007}
}

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8 pages, iopart style