Hannay angle

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In classical mechanics, the Hannay angle is a mechanics analogue of the Berry phase. It was named after Professor John Hannay.

The Foucault pendulum is an example from classical mechanics that is sometimes used to illustrate the Berry phase.


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  • Hannay J H 1985 Angle variable anholonomy in adiabatic excursion of an integrable Hamiltonian J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 18 221–30