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The adiabatic hypothesis for magnetic fields

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

P. A. M. Dirac
P. A. M. Dirac
Affiliation:
St John's College
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The usual proof of the adiabatic invariance of the quantum integrals of a multiply periodic dynamical system rests on the assumption that the Hamiltonian equations remain valid for the adiabatically changing system, with the same Hamiltonian function H, or at any rate with a new Hamiltonian function differing from the old one only by terms that vanish with ȧ, (a) being the varying parameter.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , February 1926 , pp. 69 - 72
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1926

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