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The physical phase space in gauge systems is studied. Effects caused by a non-Euclidean geometry of the physical phase space in quantum gauge models are described in the operator and path integral formalisms. The projection on the Dirac…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Sergei V. Shabanov

A selected set of topics in quantum phase transition is discussed. It includes dissipative quantum phase transitions, the role of disorder, and the relevance of quantum phase transition to measurement theory in quantum mechanics.

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-03-13 Sudip Chakravarty

It is believed that the theory of quantum gravity describing our universe is unitary. Nonetheless, if we only have access to a subsystem, its dynamics is described by nonequilibrium physics. Motivated by this, we investigate the planar…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-27 Minjae Cho

The geometric phase is of fundamental interest and plays an important role in quantum information processing. However, the definition and calculation of this phase for open systems remains a problem due to the lack of agreement on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Shi-Biao Zheng

A geometric phase is found for a general quantum state that undergoes adiabatic evolution. For the case of eigenstates, it reduces to the original Berry's phase. Such a phase is applicable in both linear and nonlinear quantum systems.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Biao Wu , Jie Liu , Qian Niu

In this work, we review different generalizations of the quantum geometric tensor (QGT) in two-band non-Hermitian systems and propose a protocol for measuring them in experiments. We present the generalized QGT components, i.e. the quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-02-20 Y. -M. Robin Hu , Elena A. Ostrovskaya , Eliezer Estrecho

In the first part of this review we introduce the basics theory behind geometric phases and emphasize their importance in quantum theory. The subject is presented in a general way so as to illustrate its wide applicability, but we also…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Vlatko Vedral

Understanding the geometric properties of quantum states and their implications in fundamental physical phenomena is at the core of modern physics. The Quantum Geometric Tensor (QGT) is a central physical object in this regard, encoding…

Quantum coherence will undoubtedly play a fundamental role in understanding the dynamics of quantum many-body systems, thereby to reveal its genuine contribution is of great importance. In this paper, we specialize our discussions on the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-29 Bao-Ming Xu

In recent years, various notions of dynamical phase transitions have emerged to describe far-from-equilibrium criticality. A unifying framework connecting these different concepts is still missing, and would provide significant progress…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-04-04 Ángel L. Corps , Armando Relaño , Jad C. Halimeh

We show that geometric phases may be generated in a quantum system subject to noise by adiabatic manipulations of the fluctuating fields, e.g., by variation of the system-environment coupling. For a two-state quantum system we express this…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. V. Syzranov , Yu. Makhlin

Geometric phases play a central role in a variety of quantum phenomena, especially in condensed matter physics. Recently, it was shown that this fundamental concept exhibits a connection to quantum phase transitions where the system…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Xinhua Peng , Sanfeng Wu , Jun Li , Dieter Suter , Jiangfeng Du

We study a quantum Bose-Fermi mixture near a broad Feshbach resonance at zero temperature. Within a quantum field theoretical model a two-step Gaussian approximation allows to capture the main features of the quantum phase diagram. We show…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2011-11-15 Denis Ludwig , Stefan Floerchinger , Sergej Moroz , Christof Wetterich

The current understanding of finite temperature phase transitions in QCD is reviewed. A critical discussion of refined phase transition criteria in numerical lattice simulations and of analytical tools going beyond the mean-field level in…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2008-11-26 Hildegard Meyer-Ortmanns

Abelian and Non-Abelian evolution of a quantum system manifests differently in the geometric phase acquired by the system under such evolutions. In this work we develop and study, using dressed state techniques, an experimentally realizable…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-21 Debashis De Munshi , Manas Mukherjee

We provide a non-perturbative geometrical characterization of the partition function of $n$-dimensional quantum gravity based on a coarse classification of riemannian geometries. We show that, under natural geometrical constraints, the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 M. Carfora , M. Martellini , A. Marzuoli

The concept of quantum geometry for single-particle states has revolutionized our interpretation of several emergent properties in condensed matter. However, a description of the quantum geometry for interacting particles and an…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-08-12 MingRui Lai , Fengyuan Xuan , Su Ying Quek

The Berry curvature characterizes one aspect of the geometry of quantum states. It materializes, among other consequences, as an anomalous velocity of wave packets. In non-Hermitian systems, wave packet dynamics is enriched by additional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-19 Jan Behrends , Roni Ilan , Moshe Goldstein

Non-Euclidean geometry has recently emerged as a powerful tool, offering new insights and applications in optical microcavities supporting Whispering Gallery Modes (WGMs). In this study, we extend the concept of polygonal microcavities to…

Optics · Physics 2025-05-02 Yechun Ding , Yongsheng Wang , Peng Li , Yaxin Guo , Yanpeng Zhang , Feng Yun , Feng Li

We investigate a class of cyclic evolutions for %the cyclic evolution of driven two-level quantum systems (effective spin-1/2) with a particular focus on the geometric characteristics of the driving and their specific imprints on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-05-20 Zu-Jian Ying , Paola Gentile , José Pablo Baltanàs , Diego Frustaglia , Carmine Ortix , Mario Cuoco