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Geometric Phases in Classical and Quantum Mechanics Dariusz Chruscinski

Geometric Phases in Classical and Quantum Mechanics By Dariusz Chruscinski

Geometric Phases in Classical and Quantum Mechanics by Dariusz Chruscinski


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Several well-established geometric and topological methods are used in this work in an application to a beautiful physical phenomenon known as the geometric phase. This book examines the geometric phase, bringing together different physical phenomena under a unified mathematical scheme.

Geometric Phases in Classical and Quantum Mechanics Summary

Geometric Phases in Classical and Quantum Mechanics by Dariusz Chruscinski

Several well-established geometric and topological methods are used in this work in an application to a beautiful physical phenomenon known as the geometric phase. This book examines the geometric phase, bringing together different physical phenomena under a unified mathematical scheme. The material is presented so that graduate students and researchers in applied mathematics and physics with an understanding of classical and quantum mechanics can handle the text.

Geometric Phases in Classical and Quantum Mechanics Reviews

This monograph is the most recent addition to the body of book length surveys on the topic of geometric phases and physics addressed primarily to physicists...the present title is a most welcome and useful addition. The entire text is very clearly written, well-organized, and generously interspersed with examples (both mathematical and physical) illustrating the abstract formulations. The writing style is efficiently pedagogical and concise, with just the right amount of detail to avoid confusion and repetition in what is after all a very complex, intricate and difficult topic. ---Mathematical Reviews

The book under review provides a unified treatment of geometric phases in quantum and classical mechanics, which is mainly based on fiber bundle theory...[T]his is a nice and well-written book about an interesting subject. It can be recommended to students and researchers in mathematics and theoretical physics with interests in geometric structures of theoretical physics and with sufficient knowledge about differential geometry. ---Zentralblatt MATH

The book forms a compact, yet comprehensive, introduction to the mathematical physics of this young field.... Its large bibliography should serve as a quick reference to the relevant literature. Mathematical appendices have been thoughtfully provided for students. Suggested references for further reading and illustrative exercises listed at the end of each chapter are useful to gain a better understanding of the respective topic.... All in all, this is a good textbook ushering the graduate student through the wonderland of geometric phase and whetting up the appetite for further exploration.

-Current Science

This new textbook examines one of the most interesting findings of the last several decades-the physical importance of the topological and geometrical phases in classical and quantum mechanics.... The number of research publications on this topic has grown at such a pace that, for non-experts, it has become difficult to follow the numerous theoretical ideas and experimental proposals that have been presented.... What distinguishes the present book...is that it treats both the quantum and classical geometric phases from a unified (fibre bundle connection) point of view at an advanced textbook level....

Every chapter contains illustrative problems and an annotated list of references for further reading.... The book is well written and...the choice of topics presented and their mathematical description and physical explanation are well balanced and appropriate. The book is aimed mainly at graduate students in mathematics and theoretical physics. It would, however, also be useful to (young and mature) researchers in different fields of theoretical physics and chemistry who want to familiarize themselves with modern differential geometry methods and techniques, and to mathematicians who wish to learn about a class of applications of the above methods in classical and quantum theory.

-Journal of Geometry and Symmetry in Physics

Table of Contents

Introduction * 0. PRELIMINARY MATHEMATICAL BACKGROUND * I. THE ADIABATIC PHASE * 1. The Adiabatic Phase in Quantum Mechanics * 2. The Adiabatic Phase in Classical Mechanics * 3. Adiabatic phase and holonomy * II. DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY AND THE GEOMETRIC PHASE * 4. Geometry of a sphere and the geometric phase * III. THE GEOMETRY OF QUANTUM EVOLUTION * 5. The Aharonov--Anandan phase * 6. Geometric phase for a non-cyclic evolution * IV. EXAMPLES AND APPLICATIONS * 7.Harmonic oscillator * 8. Geometric phase in optics * 9. Geometric phase in molecular systems * 10. Geometric phase and the motion in noninertial frames * Mathematical Appendices * References * Index

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NPB9780817642822
9780817642822
081764282X
Geometric Phases in Classical and Quantum Mechanics by Dariusz Chruscinski
New
Hardback
Birkhauser Boston Inc
2004-06-15
337
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