Geometric Phases in Physics: 5 - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 9971505991 ISBN 13: 9789971505998

Casa editrice: World Scientific Pub Co Inc, 1989

Riassunto

During the last few years, considerable interest has been focused on the phase that waves accumulate when the equations governing the waves vary slowly. The recent flurry of activity was set off by a paper by Michael Berry, where it was found that the adiabatic evolution of energy eigenfunctions in quantum mechanics contains a phase of geometric origin (now known as ‘Berry's phase’) in addition to the usual dynamical phase derived from Schrödinger's equation. This observation, though basically elementary, seems to be quite profound. Phases with similar mathematical origins have been identified and found to be important in a startling variety of physical contexts, ranging from nuclear magnetic resonance and low-Reynolds number hydrodynamics to quantum field theory. This volume is a collection of original papers and reprints, with commentary, on the subject.

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Book by Wilczek Frank Shapere Alfred

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: World Scientific Pub Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1989
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 9971505991
• ISBN 13: 9789971505998
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 528
• Redattore: Shapere Alfred, Wilczek Frank
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