Momentum operators with a winding gauge potential (Q1775396)

In quantum mechanics -- in contrast to classical mechanics -- a charged particle feels the presence of a magnetic field localized in regions from which the particle is excluded (Aharonov-Bohm effect). Miyao considers \(N\) charged spinless particles moving in a plane assuming that each particle feels a magnetic field concentrated at the positions of all the other particles and perpendicular to the plane. As there are \(N\) different magnetic fields but no common field unless \(N=1\), the physical significance of the mathematical setup remains obscure. The corresponding (singular) vector potentials are called {winding gauge potentials} by Miyao. He shows selfadjointness, studies commutation relations and proves that the momentum operators commute iff the magnetic flux is quantized. Then the position and momentum operators satisfy the Weyl relations. The two-dimensionality allows to transform bosons into fermions and vice versa.