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dc.contributor.authorSamuel, J.-
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dc.date.available2006-05-23T11:08:03Z-
dc.date.issued1996-01-29-
dc.identifier.citationPhysical Review Letters, 1996, Vol.76, 717-721en
dc.identifier.issn0031-9007 (print)-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2289/1292-
dc.description.abstractIn a recent study of Thomas precession of electron spin in the context of the Dirac equation, Shankar and Mathur identify the non-Abelian Berry potential (arising from Kramers degeneracy) with the meron. We point out that there is a global mathematical subtlety which prevents such an identification. We go on to clarify the physical context in which merons do arise as Berry potentials.en
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dc.publisherThe American Physical Societyen
dc.relation.urihttp://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v76/p717en
dc.rights(1996) by the American Physical Societyen
dc.titleMerons and Thomas precessionen
dc.typeArticleen
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