The Geometric Phase in Quantum Systems
Subtitle: Foundations, Mathematical Concepts, and Applications in Molecular and Condensed Matter Physics (Theoretical and Mathematical Physics)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: August 5, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 447
ISBN-13: 9783540000310
Subjects: Applied mathematics; Quantum physics (quantum mechanics); States of matter; Nuclear Physics; Mathematical Physics; Science; Science/Mathematics; Physics; Chemistry - General; Aharanov-Bohm Effect; Berry Phase; Born-Oppenheimer Method; Geometric Phase; Hall Effect; Jahn-Teller System; Science / Quantum Theory; Science-Chemistry - General; Science-Physics; Adiabatic invariants; Geometric quantum phases; Quantum Theory
First sentence: In the quantum mechanical description of a physical system, one has a finite or infinite dimensional Hilbert space of state vectors and a set of linear operators acting on these state vectors.