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We study a generalization of Aharonov-Bohm effect, the potential effect. The discussion is focused on field-free effects in simply connected region, which obviously can not have any local field-flux. Among the published discussions about…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-15 Jùn Líu

Although there is no force on the electron in Aharonov-Bohm solenoid effect, the electron exerts a force on the solenoid related to the inequality of action and reaction forces of two subsystems in three-system configuration. The AB phase…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-30 Y. Ben-Aryeh

We present an angular--momentum--resolved energetic formulation of the Aharonov--Bohm (AB) response for a confined Dirac electron based on two gauge--invariant interaction functionals: a magnetization--field functional and a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 Ju Gao , Fang Shen

Beginning with the basic notions of quantum theory, impossibility of `trajectory' description for particles that ensues from uncertainty principle is discussed. Why the observed tracks in bubble/cloud chambers are not really the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-10-26 Patrick Das Gupta

We present a unified treatment of the Aharonov--Bohm (AB) effect for two-dimensional multiband electronic systems possessing isotropic band structures. We propose an integral representation of the AB scattering state of an electron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-02-17 Róbert Németh , József Cserti

The electrical conductance through a ring is sensitive to the threading magnetic flux. It contains a component that is periodic with an Aharonov-Bohm (AB) period equal to the quantum flux. In molecular/atomic loops on the nanometer scale,…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 Oded Hod , Roi Baer , Eran Rabani

The physics in flat bands has emerged as an essential field in condensed matter physics where a plethora of phenomena can be unveiled, such as anomalous transport properties, superconductivity dominated by quantum geometry or exotic…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-03-02 Biplab Pal , Maxime Thumin , Georges Bouzerar

In the Aharonov-Bohm setup, a double-slit experiment, when a long but thin solenoid of current is introduced between the two coherent beams of electrons behind the slits, an extra phase difference between the interfering beams appears, as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-17 Ashok K. Singal

This is a brief review on the theoretical interpretation of the Aharonov-Bohm effect, which also contains our new insight into the problem. A particular emphasis is put on the unique role of electron orbital angular momentum, especially…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-09-26 Masashi Wakamatsu , Yoshio Kitadono , Liping Zou , Pengming Zhang

We investigate the conductance of an Aharonov-Bohm (AB) interferometer coupled to a quantum dot and two Majorana bound states on the edge of the topological superconductor with finite length. When the tunnel couplings between the Majorana…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-08-27 Akiko Ueda , Takehito Yokoyama

It is analysed Aharonov-Bohm-type effects when a spinless quantum particle is in an elastic medium with the distortion of a vertical line into a vertical spiral. By confining the spinless particle to a cylindrical box, the analogue of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-04 W. C. F. da Silva , K. Bakke

Marletto and Vedral [Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 040401 (2020)] propose that the Aharonov-Bohm (AB) phase is locally mediated by entanglement between a charged particle and the quantized electromagnetic field, asserting gauge independence for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-27 Shan Gao

The Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect is considered in the context of Generalized Electrodynamics (GE) by Podolsky and Bopp. GE is the only extension to Maxwell electrodynamics that is locally {\normalsize{}U(1)}-gauge invariant, admits linear…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-09 C. A. M. de Melo , B. M. Perez , J. C. Sumire Esquia , R. R. Cuzinatto

The Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect for the singular string associated with the Dirac monopole carrying an arbitrary magnetic charge is studied. It is shown that the emerging difficulties in explanation of the AB effect may be removed by…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-11-15 Alexander I. Nesterov

Surface electrons of strong topological insulator wires acquire a Berry phase difference of $\pi$ on orbiting the wire. This can be detected in response of clean wires (whose Fermi level is tuned to the Dirac point) to the presence of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-09-30 Eugene B. Kolomeisky , Joseph P. Straley

The Aharonov-Bohm effect is analyzed for a spin-1/2 particle in the case that a $1/r$ potential is present. Scalar and vector couplings are each considered. It is found that the approach in which the flux tube is given a finite radius that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 C. R. Hagen , D. K. Park

The flux as measured by the Josephson effect in a SQUID-like configuration with a ferromagnetic core inserted into its center, is shown to be sensitive to the vector potential arising from the central ferromagnetic core, even when the core…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-06-26 R. Y. Chiao

We consider the magnetic flux in a quantum mechanical superposition of two values and find that the Aharonov-Bohm effect interference pattern contains information about the nature of the superposition, allowing information about the state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-02-12 Kaća Bradonjić , John D. Swain

We give a direct proof of the magnetic Aharonov-Bohm effects without using the scattering theory and the theory of inverse boundary value problems. This proof can serve as a framework for a physical experiment to confirm the magnetic AB…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-09-20 Gregory Eskin

The `extended Aharonov-Bohm (AB) period' recently proposed by Kusakabe and Aoki [J. Phys. Soc. Jpn (65), 2772 (1996)] is extensively studied numerically for finite size systems of strongly correlated electrons. While the extended AB period…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 Ryotaro Arita , Koichi Kusakabe , Kazuhiko Kuroki , Hideo Aoki