Merons and Thomas precession
| dc.contributor.author | Samuel, J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2006-05-23T11:08:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2006-05-23T11:08:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1996-01-29 | |
| dc.description.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. | en |
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| dc.identifier.citation | Physical Review Letters, 1996, Vol.76, 717-721 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0031-9007 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/1292 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | The American Physical Society | en |
| dc.relation.uri | http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v76/p717 | en |
| dc.rights | (1996) by the American Physical Society | en |
| dc.title | Merons and Thomas precession | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |