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Geometric Aharonov-Bohm phase effect around a black hole

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2026-05-28 v1

Abstract

In recent work, we have explored the novel possibility that the geodesic of a spacetime density flow in GR could be upgraded to an amplitude ψ\psi with density ψ2|\psi|^2. We show how this arises from generally-covariant quantum mechanics and the Klein-Gordon operator in a semiclassical analysis, and how it connects to the Raychaudhuri equations. In this setting, we demonstrate an Aharonov-Bohm type effect for the phase of ψ\psi in motion approaching a black hole.

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@article{arxiv.2605.28582,
  title  = {Geometric Aharonov-Bohm phase effect around a black hole},
  author = {Kaushlendra Kumar and Shahn Majid},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.28582},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

19 pages, 8 figures with multiple subfigures

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