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On the correspondence of semiclassical and quantum phases in cyclic evolutions

Journal Article · · Foundations of Physics; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01883719· OSTI ID:6176835
 [1];  [2]
  1. Jozsef Attila Univ., Szeged (Hungary)
  2. Universitaet, Ulm (Germany)
Based on the exactly solvable case of a harmonic oscillator, the authors show that the direct correspondence between the Bohr-Sommerfeld phase of semiclassical quantum mechanics and the topological phase of Aharonov and Anandan is restricted to the case of a coherent state. For other Gaussian wave packets the geometric quantum phase strongly depends on the amount of squeezing. 12 refs.
OSTI ID:
6176835
Journal Information:
Foundations of Physics; (United States), Journal Name: Foundations of Physics; (United States) Vol. 23:3; ISSN 0015-9018; ISSN FNDPA4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English