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http://hdl.handle.net/2289/1292| Title: | Merons and Thomas precession |
| Authors: | Samuel, J. |
| Issue Date: | 29-Jan-1996 |
| Publisher: | The American Physical Society |
| Citation: | Physical Review Letters, 1996, Vol.76, 717-721 |
| Abstract: | In 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. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/1292 |
| ISSN: | 0031-9007 (print) |
| Alternative Location: | http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v76/p717 |
| Copyright: | (1996) by the American Physical Society |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Papers (TP) |
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