Progress of Theoretical Physics
Vanishing Theorems for Hannay Angle and Berry Phase
Minoru Hirayama, Toshihiko TAJIMA
Abstract
The classical Hannay angle and the quantal Berry phase are discussed for systems involving neither dimensionless adiabatic parameters nor vector potentials. Both of them are shown to vanish generally in a flat space. They are also shown to vanish in any n -dimensional curved space which can be embedded in an ( n + 1)-dimensional Euclidean space.