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We consider the generalized chiral $QED_2$ on $S^1$ with a $U(1)$ gauge field coupled with different charges to both chiral components of a fermionic field. Using the adiabatic approximation we calculate the Berry phase and the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-06 Fuad Saradzhev

We revisit the origin of the vacuum angle $\theta$ in QCD using the adiabatic approximation combined with Fujikawa's method. By implementing a local chiral transformation and selecting a constant parameter $\alpha(x) = \theta$, we show that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-06-03 J. Gamboa

The dynamical effects of topological charge in two-dimensional QED can be expressed in terms of a topological order parameter via a Berry phase construction. The Berry phase describes the electric charge polarization of the vacuum in a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-03-18 H. B. Thacker , Gabriel Wong

Geometric phases are foundational to isolated quantum systems, yet their thermodynamic role in open systems remains unrevealed Developing a dissipative adiabatic perturbation expansion, we discover a Berry-phase-induced chiral work…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-14 Zhaoyu Fei , Yu-Han Ma

We propose a pair of the complex Berry curvatures associated with the non-Hermitian Hamiltonian and its Hermitian adjoint to reveal new physics in non-Hermitian systems. We give the complex Berry curvature and Berry phase for the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-05 Annan Fan , Guang-Yao Huang , Shi-Dong Liang

The geometrical Berry phase is key to understanding the behaviour of quantum states under cyclic adiabatic evolution. When generalised to non-Hermitian systems with gain and loss, the Berry phase can become complex, and should modify not…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-05-06 Yaashnaa Singhal , Enrico Martello , Shraddha Agrawal , Tomoki Ozawa , Hannah Price , Bryce Gadway

We present a reformulation of quantum adiabatic theory in terms of an emergent electromagnetic framework, emphasizing the physical consequences of geometric structures in parameter space. Contrary to conventional approaches, we demonstrate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-15 Georgios Konstantinou

Bi$_{2}$Se$_{3}$ is a well known 3D-topological insulators(TI) with a non-trivial Berry phase of $ \left(2n+1\right)\pi $ attributed to the topology of the band structure. The Berry phase shows non-topological deviations from $…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 Parijat Sengupta

The Berry phase is a geometric phase acquired during adiabatic evolution over a closed loop in parameter space. It plays an essential role in geometric quantum gates and other phase-based protocols. In non-Hermitian systems, the Berry phase…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Pratik J. Barge , Qian Cao , Niklas Hörnedal , Aurélia Chenu , Kater W. Murch

We investigate the emergence of geometric phases in chiral transformations within gauge theories coupled to fermions. We begin by analyzing the Schwinger model in (1+1) dimensions, where chiral symmetry is explicitly modified due to the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-10 Jorge Gamboa

We study infrared divergences in quantum electrodynamics using geometric phases and the adiabatic approximation in quantum field theory. In this framework, the asymptotic \textit{in} and \textit{out} states are modified by Berry phases,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-03 J. Gamboa

We present an adaptive variational quantum algorithm to estimate the Berry phase accumulated by a nondegenerate ground state under cyclic, adiabatic evolution of a time-dependent Hamiltonian. Our method leverages cyclic adiabatic evolution…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-09 Martin Mootz , Yong-Xin Yao

Here, we introduce and apply non-Abelian tensor Berry connections to topological phases in multi-band systems. These gauge connections behave as non-Abelian antisymmetric tensor gauge fields in momentum space and naturally generalize…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-18 Giandomenico Palumbo

We consider chiral, generally nonlinear density waves in one dimension, modelling the bosonized edge modes of a two-dimensional fermionic topological insulator. Using the coincidence between bosonization and Lie-Poisson dynamics on an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-18 Mathieu Beauvillain , Blagoje Oblak , Marios Petropoulos

By studying the topological invariance andBerry phase in non-Hermitian systems, we reveal the basic properties of the complex Berry phase and generalize the global Berry phases Q to identify the topological invariance for non-Hermitian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-02-03 Shi-Dong Liang , Guang-Yao Huang

Berry phase plays an important role in many non-trivial phenomena over a broad range of many-body systems. In this thesis we focus on the Berry phase due to the change of the particles' momenta, and study its effects in free and interacting…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-06-12 Jing-Yuan Chen

We develop a theory of nonlinear response to an electric field of two-dimensional (2D) fermions with topologically non-trivial wave functions characterized by the Berry phase $\Phi_n = n \pi, n = 1,2,...$. In particular, we find that owing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-22 O. E. Raichev , M. A. Zudov

Geometric phases in quantum mechanics play an extraordinary role in broadening our understanding of fundamental significance of geometry in nature. One of the best known examples is the Berry phase (M.V. Berry (1984), Proc. Royal. Soc.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-05-11 V. Gritsev , A. Polkovnikov

We outline a novel chiral kinetic theory framework for systematic computations of the Chiral Magnetic Effect (CME) in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions. The real part of the fermion determinant in the QCD effective action is expressed…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-03-28 Niklas Mueller , Raju Venugopalan

Concepts from non-Hermitian quantum mechanics have proven useful in understanding and manipulating a variety of classical systems, such as those encountered in optics, classical mechanics, and metamaterial design. Recently, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-20 Tomoki Ozawa , Henning Schomerus
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