Derivation of one-particle semiclassical kinetic theory in the presence of non-abelian Berry curvature

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/AA8899zbMATH Open1376.81027arXiv1703.08673OpenAlexW3099834823MaRDI QIDQ4591271FDOQ4591271

Authors: E. Bettelheim 

Publication date: 14 November 2017

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In quantum mechanics it is often required to describe in a semiclassical approximation the motion of particles moving within a given energy band. Such a representation leads to the appearance of an analogues of fictitious forces in the semiclassical equations of motion associated with the Berry curvature. The purpose of this paper is to derive systematically the kinetic Boltzmann equations displaying these effects in the case that the band is degenerate, and as such the Berry curvature is non-Abelian. We use the formalism of phase-space quantum mechanics to derive the results.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.08673

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zbMATH Keywords

kinetic equationBoltzmann equationWigner transformBerry curvatureBerry phasesemiclassicsanomalous velocity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boltzmann equations (35Q20) Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Phase-space methods including Wigner distributions, etc. applied to problems in quantum mechanics (81S30) Differential geometric methods, including holonomy, Berry and Hannay phases, Aharonov-Bohm effect, etc. in quantum theory (81Q70)

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• Berry phase effects on electronic properties
• Motion of Electrons and Holes in Perturbed Periodic Fields
• The Effect of a Magnetic Field on Electrons in a Periodic Potential

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