Aharonov-Bohm effect in higher genus materials

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2003.11.061MaRDI QIDQ2383336zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yanyan Li

Publication date 8 October 2007

Published in Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0310292

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relationships between surfaces, higher-dimensional varieties, and physics (14J81) Differential geometric methods, including holonomy, Berry and Hannay phases, Aharonov-Bohm effect, etc. in quantum theory (81Q70)

Abstract: Flux periodicity of conducting electrons on a closed surface with genus two $g=2$ (double torus) are investigated theoretically. We examine flux periodicity of the ground-state energy and of the wave functions as a function of applied magnetic field. A fundamental flux period of the ground-state energy is twice a fundamental unit of magnetic flux for uniformly applied magnetic field, which is shown to be valid for a simple ladder geometry and carbon double torus. Flux periodicity of the wave functions in a double torus is complicate as compared with a simple torus ($g=1$), and an adiabatic addition of magnetic fluxes does not provide a good quantum number for the energy eigenstates. The results are extended to higher genus materials and the implications of the results are discussed.

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