Gravitational Berry's quantum phase - art. no. 045003

Authors
de Assis, JG Furtado, C Bezerra, VB
Citation
Jg. De Assis et al., Gravitational Berry's quantum phase - art. no. 045003, PHYS REV D, 6204(4), 2000, pp. 5003
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
ISSN journal
05562821 → ACNP
Volume
6204
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Database
ISI
SICI code
0556-2821(20000815)6204:4<5003:GBQP-A>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We investigate the behavior of a scalar quantum particle in a class of spac e-times generated by defects. In these backgrounds the wave functions assoc iated with the particle acquires a phase (Berry's quantum phase) when trans ported along a closed path surrounding the defect. We also examine this pro blem in the framework of Kaluza-Klein theory.