Berry’s phase and the Magnus force for a vortex line in a superconductor

Ping Ao and David J. Thouless
Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 2158 – Published 5 April 1993
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Abstract

We show that the existence of the Magnus force is a general property of a vortex line in a superconductor by calculating the Berry phase for an adiabatic motion around a closed loop at zero temperature. We find that there is no influence of the disorder and the electromagnetic field on the existence of the Magnus force in the superconducting state, and its magnitude is proportional to the superfluid electron density.

  • Received 2 November 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.2158

©1993 American Physical Society

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Ping Ao and David J. Thouless

  • Department of Physics, FM-15, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195

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Vol. 70, Iss. 14 — 5 April 1993

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