{ "id": "cond-mat/9703007", "version": "v2", "published": "1997-03-01T01:50:11.000Z", "updated": "1997-03-25T22:49:05.000Z", "title": "Non-Abelian Geometric Phases and Conductance of Spin-3/2 Holes", "authors": [ "Daniel P. Arovas", "Yuli Lyanda-Geller" ], "comment": "4 pages, 3 figures (encapsulated PostScript) Replaced fig. 1 and fig. 3", "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevB.57.12302", "categories": [ "cond-mat.mes-hall" ], "abstract": "Angular momentum $J=3/2$ holes in semiconductor heterostructures are showed to accumulate nonabelian geometric phases as a consequence of their motion. We provide a general framework for analyzing such a system and compute conductance oscillations for a simple ring geometry. We also analyze a figure-8 geometry which captures intrinsically nonabelian interference effects.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v2", "updated": "1997-03-25T22:49:05.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "non-abelian geometric phases", "conductance", "captures intrinsically nonabelian interference effects", "accumulate nonabelian geometric phases", "semiconductor heterostructures" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "publication": { "publisher": "APS", "journal": "Phys. Rev. B" }, "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 4, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }