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Quasi-holonomy in non-adiabatic quantum evolution

Quantum Physics 2026-07-06 v1

Abstract

We develop a framework for quasi-holonomy in non-adiabatic quantum time evolution of subspaces along loops in a complex Grassmannian. By factoring the Schr\"odinger evolution into dynamical and connection-induced contributions in a moving basis, we obtain an effective geometric generator that depends explicitly on the dynamical propagator. This quasi-connection does not define a genuine connection on the original Grassmann bundle, since its gauge transformation law acquires a history-dependent, nonlocal term. Other ways of factoring the Schr\"odinger evolution are briefly discussed. All these approaches suffer from the same type of history-dependence, thereby defining transport of subspaces in which geometric and dynamical effects are generally intertwined, just as in the case of the quasi-holonomy. Our work sheds light on the issue of separating quantum evolution of subspaces into holonomic and dynamical parts from an essentially gauge-theoretic perspective.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2607.05218,
  title  = {Quasi-holonomy in non-adiabatic quantum evolution},
  author = {Erik Sjöqvist and Adam Fredriksson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.05218},
  year   = {2026}
}