Aharonov-Bohm and Berry phases for a quantum cloud of charge

Journal Article · Mon Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 1994 · Physical Review Letters; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.918· OSTI ID:7224769

Aharonov, Y; Coleman, S; Goldhaber, A S; Nussinov, S; Popescu, S; Reznik, B; Rohrlich, D; Vaidman, L ^[1]

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1. School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv 69978 (Israel) Lyman Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 (United States) Institute for Theoretical Physics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3840 (United States) Service de Physique Theorique, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Plaine, C.P. 225, Boulevard du Triomphe, B-1050 Brussels (Belgium)

We investigate the phase accumulated by a charged particle in an extended quantum state as it encircles one or more magnetic fluxons, each carrying half a flux unit. A simple, essentially topological analysis reveals an interplay between the Aharonov-Bohm phase and Berry's phase.

• OSTI ID: 7224769
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (United States), Vol. 73:7; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
AHARONOV-BOHM EFFECT
CHARGED PARTICLES
PHASE STUDIES
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETIC FLUX
TOPOLOGY
MATHEMATICS
661100* - Classical & Quantum Mechanics- (1992-)