Hannay angle

In classical mechanics, the Hannay angle is a mechanics analogue of the whirling Geometric phase (or Berry phase). It was named after John Hannay of the University of Bristol, UK.

Example

Further information: Geometric phase § The Foucault pendulum

The Foucault pendulum is an example from classical mechanics that is sometimes used to illustrate the Berry phase.

References

• Hannay J H 1985 Angle variable holonomy in adiabatic excursion of an integrable Hamiltonian J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 18 221–30. doi:10.1088/0305-4470/18/2/011
• Jerrold E. Marsden, Richard Montgomery, Tudor S. Ratiu (1990). Reduction, Symmetry, and Phases in Mechanics. AMS Bookstore. p. 69. ISBN 0-8218-2498-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• C. Pisani (1994). Quantum-mechanical Ab-initio Calculation of the Properties of Crystalline Materials (Proceedings of the IV School of Computational Chemistry of the Italian Chemical Society ed.). Springer. p. 282. ISBN 3-540-61645-4.
• Karin M Rabe, Jean-Marc Triscone, Charles H Ahn (2007). Physics of Ferroelectrics: a Modern Perspective. Springer. p. 2. ISBN 3-540-34590-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

• Professor John H Hannay: Research Highlights. Department of Physics, University of Bristol.