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The perturbation theory expansion of the Aharonov-Bohm scattering amplitude has previously been studied in the context of quantum mechanics for spin zero and spin-1/2 particles as well in Galilean covariant field theory. This problem is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-06 C. R. Hagen

We consider different schemes for the electrodynamic Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect introduced in Ref. [Phys. Rev. A $\mathbf{108}$, 062218 (2023)], exploring the phenomenon to enhance the understanding of its topological nature in spacetime. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-08 Pablo L. Saldanha , Herman Batelaan

Does a physical field exist independently of the interaction between the field source and the test body used to measure it at a given point? What does propagate between two physical bodies when they interact? These are the fundamental…

General Physics · Physics 2021-06-18 Clovis Jacinto de Matos

The experimental realization of a coupled spin pair has been reported by Heiko Webber et.al and its theoretical description has been previously discussed including the condition that local magnetization of the junction is required for the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-23 Juan David Vasquez Jaramillo , Erik Sjoqvist , Jonas Fransson

The problem of determining the electromagnetic and gravitational ``self-force'' on a particle in a curved spacetime is investigated using an axiomatic approach. In the electromagnetic case, our key postulate is a ``comparison axiom'', which…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-08-17 Theodore C. Quinn , Robert M. Wald

We discuss the Aharonov-Bohm effect in the presence of hidden photons kinetically mixed with the ordinary electromagnetic photons. The hidden photon field causes a slight phase shift in the observable interference pattern. It is then shown…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-07-20 Paola Arias , Christian Diaz , Marco Aurelio Diaz , Joerg Jaeckel , Benjamin Koch , Javier Redondo

We demonstrate theoretically and experimentally a new electromagnetic lensing concept using the magnetic vector potential - in a region free of classical electromagnetic fields - via the Aharonov-Bohm effect. This toroid-shaped lens with…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-05-24 Makoto Tokoro Schreiber , Cathal Cassidy , Menour Saidani , Matthias Wolf

The scattering of spin-polarized electrons in an Aharonov--Bohm vector potential is considered. We solve the Pauli equation in 3+1 dimensions taking into account explicitly the interaction between the three-dimensional spin magnetic moment…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 V. R. Khalilov , Choon-Lin Ho

We consider a charged particle moving in a two dimensional plane in the presence of a background magnetic field perpendicular to the plane, i.e. the Landau system in a phase-space where the coordinates and momenta both follow canonical…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-01-04 Sunandan Gangopadhyay , Anirban Saha , Aslam Halder

In the present article we analyze the bound states of an electron in a Coulomb field when an Aharonov-Bohm field as well as a magnetic Dirac monopole are present. We solve, via separation of variables, the Schr\"odinger equation in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 Victor M. Villalba

Quantum mechanics in noncommutative space modifies the standard result of the Aharonov-Bohm effect for electrons and other recent quantum effects. Here we obtain the phase in noncommutative space for the Spavieri effect, a generalization of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-01-17 Miguel E. Rodriguez

The existence of electromagnetic radiation - radio-waves, microwaves, light, x-rays and so on - is one of the most important physical phenomena, and our ability to manipulate them is one of the most significant technological achievement of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-16 Yakir Aharonov , Daniel Collins , Sandu Popescu

This paper presents a \emph{non-instant field model} for electrodynamics that permits a causal explanation of the \emph{Aharonov-Bohm effect} and a \emph{covariant quantization} of the respective Maxwell equations via the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-11-28 Richard Kowar

The Schr\"odinger equation is solved for the wave function of an electron moving in a superposition of external constant and uniform electric and magnetic fields at an arbitrary angle between the field directions. The changing of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-02-10 S. O. Lebedynskyi , V. I. Miroshnichenko , R. I. Kholodov , V. A. Baturin

We propose a mesoscopic circuit in the quantum Hall effect regime comprising two uncorrelated single-particle sources and two distant Mach-Zehnder interferometers with magnetic fluxes, which allows in a controllable way to produce orbitally…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Janine Splettstoesser , Michael Moskalets , Markus Büttiker

We obtain exact solutions to the Dirac equation and the relevant binding energies in the combined Aharonov--Bohm--Coulomb potential in 2+1 dimensions. By means of solutions obtained the quantum Aharonov--Bohm effect is studied for free and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Vladislav Khalilov

In this work we study modifications in the Aharonov-Bohm effect for relativistic spin 1/2 particles due to the noncommutativity of spacetime in $2 + 1$ dimensions. The noncommutativity gives rise to a correction to the Aharonov-Bohm…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 A. F. Ferrari , M. Gomes , C. A. Stechhahn

We briefly review the theoretical formulations and applications of the Aharonov--Bohm effect and the Aharonov--Casher effect with emphasis on mesoscopic physics. Topics relating to the Aharonov--Bohm effect include: locality, periodicity,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-02-21 Y. Avishai , Y. B. Band

A theoretical analysis of the excitation of an infinitely long solenoid by oscillating current has revealed the existence of specific potentials in the space outside the solenoid, which can affect electron diffraction in an experiment…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. G. Chirkov , A. N. Ageev

This work presents a study on the nonrelativistic quantum motion of a charged particle in a rotating frame, considering the Aharonov-Bohm effect and a uniform magnetic field. We derive the equation of motion and the corresponding radial…