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The Aharonov-Bohm effect in scattering of short-wavelength particles

Quantum Physics 2015-06-03 v3 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

Quantum-mechanical scattering of nonrelativistic charged particles by a magnetic vortex of nonzero transverse size is considered. We show that the flux of the vortex serves as a gate for the strictly forward propagation of particles with short, as compared to the transverse size of the vortex, wavelengths; this effect is the same for a penetrable vortex as for an impenetrable one. A possibility for the experimental detection of the scattering Aharonov-Bohm effect is discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1111.5937,
  title  = {The Aharonov-Bohm effect in scattering of short-wavelength particles},
  author = {Yu. A. Sitenko and N. D. Vlasii},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.5937},
  year   = {2015}
}

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13 pages, 1 figure; journal version