Berry phases near degeneracies: Beyond the simplest case

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 661-670

  Garg, Anupam ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77953977596     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.3377135     Document Type: Review

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