Magnetic flux and its topological effects in Aharonov-Bohm effect

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2511.11120v1
• Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:52:22 GMT
• Title: Magnetic flux and its topological effects in Aharonov-Bohm effect
• Authors: Manvendra Somvanshi, D. Jaffino Stargen,
• Abstract summary: The Aharonov-Bohm effect is a physical phenomenon in which the quantum state of a charged particle acquires a phase shift.<n>We provide an explanation that explains the physics underlying this apparent nonlocality.
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• Abstract: The Aharonov-Bohm effect is a physical phenomenon in which the quantum state of a charged particle acquires a phase shift that is directly proportional to the magnetic flux, $Φ$, due to a (classical) magnetic field, ${\mathbf B}$, which is confined in a spatial region from which the magnetic field cannot escape. Even though the charged particle is not allowed to interact with the magnetic field, it accumulates a phase shift that affects the interference pattern produced. Not surprisingly, this apparent nonlocality is puzzling and counter intuitive. In this work, we provide an explanation that explains the physics underlying this apparent nonlocality. We find that the role of the confined magnetic field is to impart a puncture in the configuration space, $\mathbb{R}^2$, of the charge. Therefore, the quantum state corresponding to the charged quantum particle acquires the phase shift due to its response to the modified topology of the configuration space, $\mathbb{R}^2-\{0\}$, corresponding to the charge.

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