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Berry’s phase for a spin 1/2 particle in the presence of topological defects

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The relativistic quantum dynamics of a spinorial quantum particle in the presence of a chiral conical background is investigated. We study the gravitational Berry geometric quantum phase acquired by a spin 1/2 particle in the chiral cosmic string spacetime. We obtain the result that this phase depends on the global features of this spacetime. We also consider the case that a string possesses an internal magnetic flux and obtain the geometric quantum phase in this case. The spacetime of multiple chiral cosmic strings is considered and the relativistic Berry quantum phase is also obtained.

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    Josevi de S. Carvalho, E. Passos, Claudio Furtado & Fernando Moraes

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de S. Carvalho, J., Passos, E., Furtado, C. et al. Berry’s phase for a spin 1/2 particle in the presence of topological defects. Eur. Phys. J. C 57, 817–822 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-008-0696-1

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