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View SchemaAn AB effect without closing a loop
| Authors | A. Retzker, Y. Aharonov, A. Botero, S. Nussinov, B. Reznik |
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| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0512179 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0512179 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.032106 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. A 73, 032106 (2006) |
Abstract
We discuss the consequences of the Aharonov-Bohm effect in setups involving several charged particles, wherein none of the charged particles encloses a closed loop around the magnetic flux. We show that in such setups, the AB phase is encoded either in the relative phase of a bi-partite or multi-partite entangled photons states, or alternatively, gives rise to an overall AB phase that can be measured relative to another reference system. These setups involve processes of annihilation or creation of electron/hole pairs. We discuss the relevance of such effects in "vacuum Birefringence" in QED, and comment on their connection to other known effects.
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