Topological schemes for the electrodynamic Aharonov-Bohm effect
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2411.09622v1
- Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:45:25 GMT
- Title: Topological schemes for the electrodynamic Aharonov-Bohm effect
- Authors: Pablo L. Saldanha, Herman Batelaan,
- Abstract summary: We consider different schemes for the electrodynamic Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect introduced in Ref. [Phys. Rev. A $mathbf108$, 062218 (2023)
We discuss how the AB phase difference depends on the topology of the electric and magnetic fields in spacetime in the different treated situations.
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- Abstract: We consider different schemes for the electrodynamic Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect introduced in Ref. [Phys. Rev. A $\mathbf{108}$, 062218 (2023)], exploring subtleties of the phenomenon to enhance the understanding of its topological nature. In the treated examples, the electric current in a solenoid varies in time, changing its internal magnetic field and producing an external electric field, while a quantum charged particle is in a superposition state inside two Faraday cages in an interferometer. The Faraday cages cancel the electric field at their interiors, such that the particle is always subjected to null electromagnetic fields. We discuss how the AB phase difference depends on the topology of the electric and magnetic fields in spacetime in the different treated situations.
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