Abstract
Generalizing a construction of Berry and Simon, we show that non-Abelian gauge fields arise in the adiabatic development of simple quantum mechanical systems. Characteristics of the gauge fields are related to energy splittings, which may be observable in real systems. Similar phenomena are found for suitable classical systems.
- Received 9 April 1984
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.52.2111
©1984 American Physical Society
