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arXiv:0803.3428 · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields

Geometric phase for a neutral particle in the presence of a topological defect

K. Bakke, Jose Roberto Nascimento, Claudio Furtado

Published Sep 3, 2008• 79 citations
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Abstract

In this paper we study the quantum dynamics of a neutral particle in the presence of a topological defect. We investigate the appearance of a geometric phase in the relativistic quantum dynamics of a neutral particle which possesses permanent magnetic and electric dipole moments in the presence of an electromagnetic field in this curved space-time. The nonrelativistic quantum dynamics are investigated using the Foldy-Wouthuysen expansion. The gravitational Aharonov-Casher and He-McKellar-Wilkens effects are investigated for a series of electric and magnetic field configurations.

DOI
10.1103/physrevd.78.064012

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Abstract In this paper we study the scalar Aharonov‐Bohm effect for a neutral particle possessing a magnetic dipole moment in the presence of a cosmic string. We study the phase shift acquired by the wave function of the neutral particle in the presence of this topological defect, investigate this phase shift within nonrelativistic and relativistic quantum descriptions considering two distinct magnetic field configurations and find that the scalar Aharonov‐Bohm effect is composed by two contributions, with the first one arises due to the interaction of a magnetic dipole with an external field, and other one arises due to the presence of the cosmic string. The nondispersivity of this effect is also discussed.
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