Communications in Theoretical Physics

Berry's Phases of the Alkali Atom in a Slowly Changing Strong Magnetic Field and Non-Adiabatic Transition

Chang-Pu Sun, Zhang Linzhi, Qing Xiao

Published Jul 1, 1991• 0 citations

Abstract

In this paper the high-order adiabatic approximation (HOAA) method is formulated in a new form so that the calculation is greatly simplified. Using this improved HOAA method, we study the Berry phase effects of the Alkali atom in a slowly-changing strong magnetic field and also the non-adiabatic transitions between the instantaneous angular momentum states. The possible observability is also pointed out.

DOI: 10.1088/0253-6102/16/1/73

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