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Gauge strueture and geometry in quantum adiabatic system

Kuo-Wei Chang, J. I. Shieh

Published Jan 1, 1989• 0 citations
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Abstract

The mathematical structure of a nontrivial geometric phase factor in adiabatic quantum processes is explored. Some geometric aspects of the compact Reimannian manifold are analyzed and the relation with the parameter space is discussed.

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