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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Two applications of Berry's phase in fermionic field theory
Abstract
dc:descriptionWhen quantized fermions are coupled to a background field, nontrivial effects may arise due to the geometry and/or topology of the space of background field configurations. In this thesis, two examples of Berry's geometrical phase in a fermionic sea are studied: the anomalous commutator in gauge field theory and the intrinsic orbital angular momentum in superfluid $\sp3$He-A.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Physics
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2011
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Goff, William Eugene
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Stone, Michael
Subjects
dc:subject × 3Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- Copyright 1989 Goff, William Eugene
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
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AAI9010865
(UMI)AAI9010865 - OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/20709