Appearance of Gauge Fields and Forces beyond the adiabatic approximation

Pierre Gosselin (1) , Herve Mohrbach (2, 3)

1 IF - Institut Fourier
2 FCN - Fédération de Chimie de Nancy
3 LPMC - Laboratoire de physique moléculaire et des collisions

We investigate the origin of quantum geometric phases, gauge fields and forces beyond the adiabatic regime. In particular, we extend the notions of geometric magnetic and electric forces discovered in studies of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation to arbitrary quantum systems described by matrix valued quantum Hamiltonians. The results are illustrated by several physical relevant examples.

Mots clés: Berry phase; Born-Oppenheimer; Dirac equation

Domaines: Physique des Hautes Energies - Théorie [hep-th]

Pierre Gosselin, Herve Mohrbach. Appearance of Gauge Fields and Forces beyond the adiabatic approximation. 2008. ⟨hal-00332405⟩