Aharonov-Bohm phase for an electromagnetic wave background

作者:Bright Max*; Singleton Douglas; Yoshida Atsushi
来源:European Physical Journal C, 2015, 75(9): 446.
DOI:10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3670-8

摘要

The canonical Aharonov-Bohm effect is usually studied with time-independent potentials. In this work, we investigate the Aharonov-Bohm phase acquired by a charged particle moving in time-dependent potentials. In particular, we focus on the case of a charged particle moving in the time-varying field of a plane electromagnetic wave. We work out the Aharonov-Bohm phase using both the potential (i. e. closed integral A(mu)dx(mu)) and the field (i. e. 1/2 integral F(mu nu)d sigma(mu nu)) forms of the Aharonov-Bohm phase. We give conditions in terms of the parameters of the system (frequency of the electromagnetic wave, the size of the space-time loop, amplitude of the electromagnetic wave) under which the time-varying Aharonov-Bohm effect could be observed.

  • 出版日期2015-9-24
  • 单位Univ Estadual Paulista