Noncommutativity and the Aharonov-Bohm Effect
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v3
Abstract
The possibility of detecting noncommutive space relics is analyzed by using the Aharonov-Bohm effect. If space is non-commutative, it turns out that the holonomy receives kinematical corrections that tend to diffuse the fringe pattern. This fringe pattern has a non-trivial energy dependence and, therefore, one could observe noncommutative effects by modifying the energy of the incident electrons beam in the Tonomura experimental arrangement
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0101081,
title = {Noncommutativity and the Aharonov-Bohm Effect},
author = {J. Gamboa and M. Loewe and J. C. Rojas},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0101081},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Original title changed, several parts rewritten and a section about a possible experimental detection of spatial noncommutativity is added