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The smooth topology change of Berrys phase from a Dirac monopole-like configuration to a dipole configuration, when one approaches the monopole position in the parameter space, is analyzed in an exactly solvable model. A novel aspect of Berrys connection ${cal A}_{k}$ is that the geometrical center of the monopole-like configuration and the origin of the Dirac string are displaced in the parameter space. Gauss theorem $int_{S}( ablatimes {cal A})cdot dvec{S}=int_{V} ablacdot ( ablatimes {cal A}) dV=0$ for a volume $V$ which is free of singularities shows that a combination of the monopole-like configuration and the Dirac string is effectively a dipole. The smooth topology change from a dipole to a monopole with a quantized magnetic charge $e_{M}=2pihbar$ takes place when one regards the Dirac string as unobservable if it satisfies the Wu-Yang gauge invariance condition. In the transitional region from a dipole to a monopole, a half-monopole appears with an observable Dirac string, which is analogous to the Aharonov-Bohm phase of an electron for the magnetic flux generated by the Cooper pair condensation. The main topological features of an exactly solvable model are shown to be supported by a generic model of Berrys phase.
A new static and azimuthally symmetric magnetic monopolelike object, which looks like a Dirac monopole when seen from far away but smoothly changes to a dipole near the monopole position and vanishes at the origin, is discussed. This monopolelike object is inspired by an analysis of an exactly solvable model of Berrys phase in the parameter space. A salient feature of the monopolelike potential ${cal A}_{k}(r,theta)$ with a magnetic charge $e_{M}$ is that the Dirac string is naturally described by the potential ${cal A}_{k}(r,theta)$, and the origin of the Dirac string and the geometrical center of the monopole are displaced in the coordinate space. The smooth topology change from a monopole to a dipole takes place if the Dirac string, when coupled to the electron, becomes unobservable by satisfying the Dirac quantization condition. The electric charge is then quantized even if the monopole changes to a dipole near the origin. In the transitional region from a monopole to a dipole, a half-monopole with a magnetic charge $e_{M}/2$ appears.
Berrys phase, which is associated with the slow cyclic motion with a finite period, looks like a Dirac monopole when seen from far away but smoothly changes to a dipole near the level crossing point in the parameter space in an exactly solvable model. This topology change of Berrys phase is visualized as a result of lensing effect; the monopole supposed to be located at the level crossing point appears at the displaced point when the variables of the model deviate from the precisely adiabatic movement. The effective magnetic field generated by Berrys phase is determined by a simple geometrical consideration of the magnetic flux coming from the displaced Dirac monopole.
The monopole-like singularity of Berrys adiabatic phase in momentum space and associated anomalous Poisson brackets have been recently discussed in various fields. With the help of the results of an exactly solvable version of Berrys model, we show that Berrys phase does not lead to the deformation of the principle of quantum mechanics in the sense of anomalous canonical commutators. If one should assume Berrys phase of genuine Dirac monopole-type, which is assumed to hold not only in the adiabatic limit but also in the non-adiabatic limit, the deformation of the principle of quantum mechanics could take place. But Berrys phase of the genuine Dirac monopole-type is not supported by the exactly solvable version of Berrys model nor by a generic model of Berrys phase. Besides, the monopole-like Berrys phase in momentum space has a magnetic charge $e_{M}=2pihbar$, for which the possible anomalous term in the canonical commutator $[x_{k},x_{l}]=ihbarOmega_{kl}$ would become of the order $O(hbar^{2})$.
We show how changes in unitarity-preserving boundary conditions allow continuous interpolation among the Hilbert spaces of quantum mechanics on topologically distinct manifolds. We present several examples, including a computation of entanglement entropy production. We discuss approximate realization of boundary conditions through appropriate interactions, thus suggesting a route to possible experimental realization. We give a theoretical application to quantization of singular Hamiltonians, and give tangible form to the many worlds interpretation of wave functions.
T-duality acts on circle bundles by exchanging the first Chern class with the fiberwise integral of the H-flux, as we motivate using E_8 and also using S-duality. We present known and new examples including NS5-branes, nilmanifolds, Lens spaces, both circle bundles over RP^n, and the AdS^5 x S^5 to AdS^5 x CP^2 x S^1 with background H-flux of Duff, Lu and Pope. When T-duality leads to M-theory on a non-spin manifold the gravitino partition function continues to exist due to the background flux, however the known quantization condition for G_4 fails. In a more general context, we use correspondence spaces to implement isomorphisms on the twisted K-theories and twisted cohomology theories and to study the corresponding Grothendieck-Riemann-Roch theorem. Interestingly, in the case of decomposable twists, both twisted theories admit fusion products and so are naturally rings.