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Non-Abelian Chern-Simons Quantum Mechanics and Non-Abelian Aharonov-Bohm Effect

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-22 v1

Abstract

We construct a classical action for a system of NN point-like sources which carry SU(2) non-Abelian charges coupled to non-Abelian Chern-Simons gauge fields, and develop a quantum mechanics for them. Adopting the coherent state quantization and solving the Gauss' constraint in an appropriately chosen gauge, we obtain a quantum mechanical Hamiltonian given in terms of the Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov connection. Then we study the non-Abelian Aharonov-Bohm effect, employing the obtained Hamiltonian for two-particle sector. An explicit evaluation of the differential cross section for the non-Abelian Aharonov-Bohm scattering is given.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9312161,
  title  = {Non-Abelian Chern-Simons Quantum Mechanics and Non-Abelian Aharonov-Bohm Effect},
  author = {Taejin Lee and Phillial Oh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9312161},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

32 pages, Revtex 2.0, two figures available upon request, SNUTP-93/82