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There are several important aspects of this generalization of Berry's phase: 1) Instead of the parameter space for the original Berry phase, this Ning-Haken generalization is defined in phase space; 2) Instead of the adiabatic evolution in quantum mechanical system, the evolution of the system in phase space needs not to be adiabatic.
In this case, the Berry phase corresponding to any given path on the unit sphere in magnetic-field space is just half the solid angle subtended by the path. The integral of the Berry curvature over the whole sphere is therefore exactly 2 π {\displaystyle 2\pi } , so that the Chern number is unity, consistent with the Chern theorem.
The Hannay angle is defined in the context of action-angle coordinates.In an initially time-invariant system, an action variable is a constant. After introducing a periodic perturbation (), the action variable becomes an adiabatic invariant, and the Hannay angle for its corresponding angle variable can be calculated according to the path integral that represents an evolution in which the ...
1984: Generalization of the concept of geometric phase by Berry [22] (or Berry phase as it is also known) provided a general background to aid understanding of the rotation-dependent phase associated with the electronic and vibrational wavefunction of JT systems, as discovered by Longuet-Higgins, [18] and further discussed by Herzberg and ...
Trigonal bipyramidal molecular shape ax = axial ligands (on unique axis) eq = equatorial ligand (in plane perpendicular to unique axis). The Berry mechanism, or Berry pseudorotation mechanism, is a type of vibration causing molecules of certain geometries to isomerize by exchanging the two axial ligands (see the figure) for two of the equatorial ones.
This is termed the integral quantum Hall effect. These oscillations exhibit a phase shift of π, known as Berry's phase, [10] [3] which is due to the zero effective mass of carriers near the Dirac points. [48] Despite this zero effective mass, the temperature dependence of the oscillations indicates a non-zero cyclotron mass for the carriers. [10]
Recently there was a generalization of this formula for arbitrary matrix Hamiltonians that involves a Berry phase-like term stemming from spin or other internal degrees of freedom. [9] The index distinguishes the primitive periodic orbits: the shortest period orbits of a given set of initial conditions.
Sir Michael Victor Berry (born 14 March 1941) is a British theoretical physicist. He is the Melville Wills Professor of Physics (Emeritus) at the University of Bristol . He is known for the Berry phase , a phenomenon observed in both quantum mechanics and classical optics , as well as Berry connection and curvature .