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Using time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau theory we demonstrate that the Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect, resulting from a Berry phase shift of the (macroscopic) wavefunction, is revealed through the dynamics of topological phase defects present in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-11-15 V. N. Gladilin , J. Tempere , J. T. Devreese , V. V. Moshchalkov

The adiabatic Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect is a manifestation of the Berry phase acquired when some slow variables take a planar spin around a loop. While the effect has been observed in molecular spectroscopy, direct measurement of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-11-16 Erik Sjöqvist , Martin Almquist , Ken Mattsson , Zeynep Nilhan Gürkan , Björn Hessmo

Pilot-wave hydrodynamics concerns the dynamics of 'walkers,' droplets walking on a vibrating bath, and has provided the basis for the burgeoning field of hydrodynamic quantum analogs. We here explore a theoretical model of pilot-wave…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-01-22 Bauyrzhan K. Primkulov , Davis J. Evans , Joel B. Been , John W. M. Bush

We show that surface waves in a draining-bathtub vortex provide a hydrodynamic realization of both Aharonov-Bohm phase shifts and Lense-Thirring frame dragging within a single system. A static time transformation maps the flat…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-24 Aditya Singh , Joseph Samuel , Chien-chia Liu , Luiza Angheluta , Andrés Concha , Mahesh Bandi

The Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect is a pure quantum effect that implies a measurable phase shift in the wave function for a charged particle that encircles a magnetic flux located in a region \textit{inaccessible} to the particle. Classically,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-23 Xiang Li , Thors Hans Hansson , Wei Ku

In this paper we consider the acoustic black hole metrics obtained from a relativistic fluid under the influence of constant background that violates the Lorentz symmetry to study the analogue of the Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect. We show that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-05-30 M. A. Anacleto , F. A. Brito , E. Passos

A millimetric bouncing droplet sustained on a vibrating bath becomes a moving wave source (particle) through periodically interacting with the local wave field it generates during the droplet-bath impact. By virtue of such particle-wave…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-08-25 Jianbo Tang , Xi Zhao , Jing Liu

We study an ensemble of random waves subject to the Aharonov-Bohm effect. The introduction of a point with a magnetic flux of arbitrary strength into a random wave ensemble gives a family of wavefunctions whose distribution of vortices…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-05-01 Alexander J H Houston , Martin Gradhand , Mark R Dennis

The Aharonov-Bohm effect is the prime example of a zero-field-strength configuration where a non-trivial vector potential acquires physical significance, a typical quantum mechanical effect. We consider an extension of the traditional A-B…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-02-16 Fabio Franchini , Alfred Scharff Goldhaber

The Aharonov-Bohm (AB) interference patterns in ring-shaped conductors are usually dominated by random features. The amplitude of the oscillations is random from sample to sample and from point to point on the magnetic field axis owing to…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 J. Liu , W. X. Gao , K. Ismail , K. Y. Lee , J. M. Hong , S. Washburn

Aharonov-Bohm (AB) caging is the complete wavefunction localization effect in translational-invariant lattices induced by destructive phase interference. These phases originate from the gauge fields such as the penetrated magnetic fields,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-25 Le-Chuan Wang , Sai Li , Jia Liu , Zheng-Yuan Xue

A droplet bouncing on the surface of a vibrating liquid bath can move horizontally guided by the wave it produces on impacting the bath. The wave itself is modified by the environment, and thus the interactions of the moving droplet with…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-07-19 Rahil N. Valani , Anja C. Slim

The Aharonov-Bohm effect is a genuine quantum effect typically characterized by a measurable phase shift in the wave function for a charged particle that encircles an electromagnetic field located in a region inaccessible to the mentioned…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-14 Jose A. R. Cembranos , David García-López , Zoe G. del Toro

The Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect highlights the fundamental role of electromagnetic potentials in quantum mechanics, manifesting as a phase shift for a charged particle in field-free regions. While well-established for static magnetic fluxes,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-27 Shan Gao

The Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect is now largely considered to be a manifestation of geometric phase. However, by decomposing the vector-potential gradient tensor into divergence, curl, and shear components, we isolate a field/charged-particle…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-02-07 Keith J. Kasunic

The most popular interpretation of the Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect is that the electromagnetic potential locally affects the complex phase of a charged particle's wave function in the magnetic field free region. However, since the vector…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-10 Masashi Wakamatsu

This study presents the confinement influences of Aharonov-Bohm-flux (AB-flux), electric and magnetic fields directed along $z$-axis and encircled by quantum plasmas, on the hydrogen atom. The all-inclusive effects result to a strongly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-05-25 Babatunde James Falaye , Guo-Hua Sun , Ramón Silva-Ortigoza , Shi-Hai Dong

We consider the motion of a droplet bouncing on a vibrating bath of the same fluid in the presence of a central potential. We formulate a rotation symmetry-reduced description of this system, which allows for the straightforward application…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-12-24 Nazmi Burak Budanur , Marc Fleury

We propose an electrodynamic Aharonov-Bohm (AB) scheme where a nonzero AB phase difference appears even if the interferometer paths do not enclose a magnetic flux and are subjected to negligible scalar potential differences during the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-30 Pablo L. Saldanha

This paper presents a hydrodynamical view of the Aharonov-Bohm effect, using Nelson's formulation of quantum mechanics. Our aim is to compare our results with other systems and gain a better understanding of the mysteries behind this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-25 Charalampos Antonakos , Andreas F. Terzis
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