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.
Cite
@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}
}
Comments
4 pages, plain tex, personal macro included