Berry's phase, commutators, and the Dirac sea

Michael Stone; William E. Goff

doi:10.1016/0550-3213(88)90255-6

Berry's phase, commutators, and the Dirac sea

Michael Stone, William E. Goff

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We discuss the connection between the Berry phase and the Schwinger term in generators of symmetry groups, and stress the relative minus sign between the anomalous commutator of the currents and the anomalous commutator of the full group generators.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	243-261
Number of pages	19
Journal	Nuclear Physics, Section B
Volume	295
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0550-3213(88)90255-6
State	Published - Feb 24 1988

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