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View SchemaThe Geometric Phase and Ray Space Isometries
| Authors | Joseph Samuel |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/9705019 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9705019 |
| DOI | 10.1007/BF02847455 |
Abstract
We study the behaviour of the geometric phase under isometries of the ray space. This leads to a better understanding of a theorem first proved by Wigner: isometries of the ray space can always be realised as projections of unitary or anti-unitary transformations on the Hilbert space. We suggest that the construction involved in Wigner's proof is best viewed as an use of the Pancharatnam connection to ``lift'' a ray space isometry to the Hilbert space.
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