Phase-space approach to Berry's phases
Quantum Physics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We propose a new formula for the adiabatic Berry phase which is based on phase-space formulation of quantum mechanics. This approach sheds a new light into the correspondence between classical and quantum adiabatic phases -- both phases are related with the averaging procedure: Hannay's angle with averaging over the classical torus and Berry's phase with averaging over the entire classical phase space with respect to the corresponding Wigner function. Generalizations to the non-abelian Wilczek--Zee case and mixed states are also included.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0406026,
title = {Phase-space approach to Berry's phases},
author = {Dariusz Chruscinski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0406026},
year = {2007}
}
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5 pages