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Gauge equivalence classes of flat connections in the Aharonov-Bohm effect

Quantum Physics 2016-09-08 v1

Abstract

In this note we present a simplified derivation of the fact that the moduli space of flat connections in the abelian Aharonov-Bohm effect is isomorphic to the circle. The length of this circle is the electric charge.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0305141,
  title  = {Gauge equivalence classes of flat connections in the Aharonov-Bohm effect},
  author = {M. A. Aguilar and J. M. Isidro and M. Socolovsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0305141},
  year   = {2016}
}

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4 pages, plain tex, personal macro included