Demonstration of Berry's Phase Using Stored Ultracold Neutrons
- 31 October 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 61 (18) , 2030-2033
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.61.2030
Abstract
Using stored spin-polarized ultracold neutrons subjected to a temporally varying magnetic field, we have demonstrated a manifestation of Berry's phase. We verified several properties of Berry's phase which include its solid-angle dependency and additivity for multiple excursions along the same path in parameter space.Keywords
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