Berry phase has been widely used in condensed matter physics in the past two decades. This volume is a timely collection of essential papers in this important f

Several well-established geometric and topological methods are used in this work in an application to a beautiful physical phenomenon known as the geometric pha

During the last few years, considerable interest has been focused on the phase that waves accumulate when the equations governing the waves vary slowly. The rec

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An introduction to the role of Berry phases in our modern understanding of the physics of electrons in solids.