Physical Review Letters

Demonstration of Berry's Phase Using Stored Ultracold Neutrons

David John Richardson, A.I. Kilvington, K. Green, S. K. Lamoreaux

Published Oct 31, 1988• 110 citations

Abstract

Using stored spin-polarized ultracold neutrons subjected to a temporally varying magnetic field, we have demonstrated a manifestation of Berry's phase. We verified several properties of Berry's phase which include its solid-angle dependency and additivity for multiple excursions along the same path in parameter space.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.61.2030

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