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Adiabatic Process and Chern Numbers

Jun Goryo, Mahito Kohmoto

cond-mat.mes-hallarXiv:cond-mat/0606758

Abstract

We study quantum processes with two or more adiabatic parameters. When the parameters are compactified, a derivative of the Hamiltonian gives a first Chern number, hence an integer. This topological formulation is applied to the AC Josephson effect and the spin Hall effect in semiconductors.

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