Appearance of Gauge Structure in Simple Dynamical Systems

19841,706 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Frank Wilczek · University of California, Santa Barbara

A. Zee · University of California, Santa Barbara

Abstract

Generalizing a construction of Berry and Simon, we show that non-Abelian gauge fields arise in the adiabatic development of simple quantum mechanical systems. Characteristics of the gauge fields are related to energy splittings, which may be observable in real systems. Similar phenomena are found for suitable classical systems.

Topics & Keywords

Topological Materials and Phenomena Quantum many-body systems Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics

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Publication Details

Published in: Physical Review Letters

Volume 52, Issue 24, pp. 2111-2114

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.52.2111

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