Description

We derive a theoretical description of rotating superfluid in the ³He-A phase in two dimensions, find that its excitations evolve adiabatically with an extra phase (Berry phase) and that these excitations carry a spin current that is quantized under certain conditions.

Subject

Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics

Author

Inaki Anduaga

Submitted

Emergent States of Matter 569, UIUC, on April 2006

Topics & Techniques

• Superfluidity
• Berry Phase
• Spin Hall Effect
• Fiber Bundles