Berry phase due to quantum measurements

Citation
P. Facchi et S. Pascazio, Berry phase due to quantum measurements, ACT PHYS SL, 49(4), 1999, pp. 671-676
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
ACTA PHYSICA SLOVACA
ISSN journal
03230465 → ACNP
Volume
49
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
671 - 676
Database
ISI
SICI code
0323-0465(199908)49:4<671:BPDTQM>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The usual, "static" version of the quantum Zeno effect consists in the hind rance of the evolution of a quantum systems due to repeated measurements. T here is however a "dynamic" version of the same phenomenon, first discussed by von Neumann in 1932 and subsequently explored by Aharonov and Anandan, in which a system is forced to follow a given trajectory. A Berry phase app ears if such a trajectory is a closed loop in the projective Hilbert space. A specific example involving neutron spin is considered and a similar situ ation with photon polarization is investigated.