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Generalised Geometric Phase: Mathematical Aspects

Quantum Physics 2023-12-25 v1

Abstract

An operator generalisation of the notion of geometric phase has been recently proposed purely based on physical grounds. Here we provide a mathematical foundation for its existence, while uncovering new geometrical structures in quantum systems. While probing the average of any observable it is found that a quantum system exhibits different ray spaces and associated fibre bundle structures. The generalised geometric phase is understood as (an)holonomy of a connection over these fibre bundles. The underlying ray spaces in general are found to be pseudo-Kahler manifolds, and its symplectic structure gets manifests as the generalised geometric phase.

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@article{arxiv.2312.14522,
  title  = {Generalised Geometric Phase: Mathematical Aspects},
  author = {Vivek M. Vyas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.14522},
  year   = {2023}
}

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20 pages, 1 figure

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