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Item Details
Title:
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GEOMETRIC PHASES IN PHYSICS
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By: |
Alfred Shapere (Editor), Frank Wilczek (Editor) |
Format: |
Hardback |

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£73.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
9971505991 |
ISBN 13: |
9789971505998 |
Publisher: |
WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING CO PTE LTD |
Pub. date: |
1 July, 1989 |
Series: |
Advanced Series In Mathematical Physics 5 |
Pages: |
528 |
Synopsis: |
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 Schrodinger'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. |
Publication: |
Singapore |
Imprint: |
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd |
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Non-returnable |
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