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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2007 ii Paper 3 33A Solution by
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Let . The exact frequency has expansion . The ratio , while the coefficient of the orthogonal state is uniformly . Hence the supplied solution reduces towith phase error , which is over one cycle. This is the adiabatic approximation: the system remains in the instantaneous positive-energy eigenstate, with energy .
Thus the dynamic phase is and the geometric phase is , in the gauge for printed in the PDF. For one cycle , the Berry phase isminus half the solid angle swept by the field direction.
To calculate the requested integral, use . It has ; its radial and polar-angle connection components vanish in this gauge. Along the circle in parameter space, runs from zero to , so , agreeing with the exact-solution limit.
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