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Phys. Rev. D 42, 722–725 (1990)

Berry's phase in field theory

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J. C. Martinez
Mathematics and Science Centre, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, 535 Clementi Road, Singapore 2159

Received 1 February 1990; published in the issue dated 15 July 1990

By considering the effect of unitary transformations on the path integral for a gauge field interacting with a fermion over a suitable manifold, we generalize the Berry phase to field theory. The resulting framework is gauge invariant and offers insight into some problems.

© 1990 The American Physical Society

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