Physical Review A
Topological effects associated with fractional statistics in one-dimensional mesoscopic rings
Jian‐Xin Zhu, Z. D. Wang
Abstract
Using both the continuum and tight-binding models, we have investigated analytically the effects of a statistical phase factor on the persistent charge and magnetic moment currents of ``free'' hard-core anyons in one-dimensional mesoscopic rings. In particular, we find that the ground state of the system could, in most cases, self-sustain the Aharonov-Bohm and Aharonov-Casher effects simultaneously. \textcopyright{} 1996 The American Physical Society.