Line of magnetic monopoles and an extension of the Aharonov-Bohm effect

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2016.06.019MaRDI QIDQ1700928zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Peng Zhang

Publication date 22 February 2018

Published in Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.00046

zbMATH Keywords

Aharonov-Bohm effectgeometric phaseLandau problem on cylindermagnetic translationsynthetic magnetic field

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

Abstract: In the Landau problem on the two-dimensional plane, magnetic translation of a quantum wave can be induced by an in-plane electric field. The geometric phase accompanying such magnetic translation around a closed path differs from the topological phase of Aharonov and Bohm in two essential aspects: The wave is in direct contact with the magnetic flux and the geometric phase has an opposite sign from the Aharonov-Bohm phase. We show that magnetic translation on the two-dimensional cylinder implemented by the Schr"odinger time evolution truly leads to the Aharonov-Bohm effect. The magnetic field normal to the cylinder's surface is given by a line of magnetic monopoles which can be simulated in cold atom experiments. We propose an extension of the Aharonov-Bohm experiment which can demonstrate the mutually counteracting effect between the local magnetic translation geometric phase and the topological phase of Aharonov and Bohm.

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