Aharonov-Bohm and Berry phases for a quantum cloud of charge

Yakir Aharonov; Sidney Coleman; Alfred S. Goldhaber; Shmuel Nussinov; Sandu Popescu; Benni Reznik; Daniel Rohrlich; Lev Vaidman

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.918

Aharonov-Bohm and Berry phases for a quantum cloud of charge

Yakir Aharonov, Sidney Coleman, Alfred S. Goldhaber, Shmuel Nussinov, Sandu Popescu, Benni Reznik, Daniel Rohrlich, Lev Vaidman

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

27 Scopus citations

Abstract

We investigate the phase accumulated by a charged particle in an extended quantum state as it encircles one or more magnetic fluxons, each carrying half a flux unit. A simple, essentially topological analysis reveals an interplay between the Aharonov-Bohm phase and Berry's phase.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	918-921
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	73
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.918
State	Published - 1 Jan 1994
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Physics and Astronomy

Access to Document

10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.918

Cite this

@article{6c65928ce6dc496cac8649b132fe8dd8,

title = "Aharonov-Bohm and Berry phases for a quantum cloud of charge",

abstract = "We investigate the phase accumulated by a charged particle in an extended quantum state as it encircles one or more magnetic fluxons, each carrying half a flux unit. A simple, essentially topological analysis reveals an interplay between the Aharonov-Bohm phase and Berry's phase.",

author = "Yakir Aharonov and Sidney Coleman and Goldhaber, {Alfred S.} and Shmuel Nussinov and Sandu Popescu and Benni Reznik and Daniel Rohrlich and Lev Vaidman",

year = "1994",

month = jan,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.918",

language = "English",

volume = "73",

pages = "918--921",

journal = "Physical Review Letters",

issn = "0031-9007",

publisher = "American Physical Society",

number = "7",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Aharonov-Bohm and Berry phases for a quantum cloud of charge

AU - Aharonov, Yakir

AU - Coleman, Sidney

AU - Goldhaber, Alfred S.

AU - Nussinov, Shmuel

AU - Popescu, Sandu

AU - Reznik, Benni

AU - Rohrlich, Daniel

AU - Vaidman, Lev

PY - 1994/1/1

Y1 - 1994/1/1

N2 - We investigate the phase accumulated by a charged particle in an extended quantum state as it encircles one or more magnetic fluxons, each carrying half a flux unit. A simple, essentially topological analysis reveals an interplay between the Aharonov-Bohm phase and Berry's phase.

AB - We investigate the phase accumulated by a charged particle in an extended quantum state as it encircles one or more magnetic fluxons, each carrying half a flux unit. A simple, essentially topological analysis reveals an interplay between the Aharonov-Bohm phase and Berry's phase.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=11144304559&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.918

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.918

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:11144304559

SN - 0031-9007

VL - 73

SP - 918

EP - 921

JO - Physical Review Letters

JF - Physical Review Letters

IS - 7

ER -

Aharonov-Bohm and Berry phases for a quantum cloud of charge

Abstract

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this