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Europhysics Letters (EPL)

The Aharonov-Bohm effect on the sojourn time of the two-dimensional inverted harmonic oscillator under a perpendicular magnetic field

Yan-Jie Wang, Weiguo, Xiao‐Yin Pan, Yuqi Li

Published Jan 8, 2019• 2 citations
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Abstract

In the nonrelativistic or relativistic studies of the well-known effect of an infinitely long and infinitely thin solenoid containing magnetic flux Φ, the so-called Aharonov-Bohm (AB) field, in terms of the Dirac's fundamental unit of the magnetic flux Φ 0 , the magnetic flux Φ is usually expressed as a flux quantum number, which can be decomposed into two parts: the integer and the mantissa part. It has been commonly accepted in the literature that the integer part is unimportant and only the mantissa determines all the physical effects. In this paper, by investigating the AB effect on the the sojourn time of a two-dimensional (2D) inverted harmonic oscillator under a perpendicular uniform magnetic field, we show that the sojourn time depends upon the magnitude, rather than solely the mantissa of the magnetic flux quantum number. This then provides an example that can manifest the quantum effect of the integer part of the flux quantum number, the reason behind is explained via gauge transformation.

DOI
10.1209/0295-5075/124/60007

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Abstract By employing the Feynman path integral approach, we investigate the sojourn time of a two-dimensional (2D) and a three-dimensional (3D) inverted isotropic harmonic oscillator under a tilted magnetic field. It is shown that the sojourn time in the 2D case behaves quite differently from the 3D case. In the 3D case, the sojourn time is a monotonically increasing function of the strength of the magnetic field, and its value approaches a finite value as the strength of the magnetic field approaches infinity. In the 2D case, the behavior of the sojourn time as a function of the strength and the angle θ of inclination of the magnetic field is much complicated. When the angle of inclination θ > π 4 , the system is unstable and the sojourn time is always finite. However, when 0 ≤ θ < π 4 , the system possesses a stable region with infinite large sojourn time as the strength of the magnetic field varies. The reason behind is explained via stability region analysis.
The quantum states of the 2D time-dependent harmonic oscillator with the Aharonov–Bohm (AB) effect are investigated by employing the invariant operator method and the unitary transformation approach. The time-dependent radius case of a solenoid is treated. The qualitative properties of the invariant operator spectrum are described separately for the different values of the parameter C appearing in the nonlinear auxiliary equation, i.e. C>0, C=0 and C 0) or continuous (C≤0). The time-dependent cross section for a free particle scattered by the AB potential is obtained.
In quantum mechanics, the magnetic field has a physical effect beyond its local presence. For axially symmetric vector potentials, A=A(s,z)ϕ̂, it is the magnetic flux that plays a central role in both interference experiments (as in the Aharonov-Bohm effect) and in bound state spectra for a particle constrained to move in a circle. The flux dependence is evident in various configurations, and we have chosen two applications to highlight the non-local nature of the quantum mechanical magnetic field dependence: A finite solenoid and a Dirac string with a non-zero radius. The finite solenoid is interesting because it represents the actual experimental apparatus for measuring the Aharonov-Bohm effect. The Dirac string provides an electric charge quantization mechanism that depends on where the quantization argument is applied, yielding different fundamental charge units for different locations.
We add a scalar potential to the 2D Aharonov-Bohm (AB) model which properly diverges both at the solenoid border and at infinity so that the resulting operator is essentially self-adjoint and has a discrete spectrum; the former property is interpreted as no contact of the particle with the solenoid border since there is no need of boundary conditions. We study gauge transformations to get the usual periodic behavior of the AB properties as a function of the magnetic flux. The presence of the AB effect is proven through the ground state energy, which is shown to be smooth in case it is simple and with a nonzero derivative if the ground state is real valued; such properties are verified in the case of circular solenoids, for which it is shown to be a nonconstant periodic function with a minimum at integer and a maximum at half-integer circulations (at half-integer circulations, it is doubly degenerated).
The AB (Aharonov-Bohm) effect is a pivotal quantum mechanical phenomenon that illustrates the fundamental role of the electromagnetic vector potential A in determining the phase of a charged particle's wave function, even in regions where the magnetic field B is zero.This effect demonstrates that quantum particles are influenced not only by the fields directly present but also by the potentials associated with those fields.In the AB effect, an electron beam is split into two paths, with one path encircling a solenoid and the other bypassing it.Despite the absence of a magnetic field in the regions traversed by the beams, the vector potential A associated with the magnetic flux  through the solenoid induces a phase shift in the electron's wave function.This phase shift, quantified by qc     , manifests as a change in the interference pattern observed in the detection screen.The phenomenon underscores the principle of gauge invariance in QED (quantum electrodynamics), where physical observables remain invariant under local gauge transformations of the vector and scalar potentials.This reinforces the notion that the vector potential A has a profound impact on quantum systems, beyond its classical role.This article outlines the AB effect, including its theoretical framework, experimental observations, and implications.The focus on the role of the vector potential in quantum mechanics provides a comprehensive understanding of this important phenomenon.
A strong magnetic field significantly affects the intrinsic magnetic moment of fermions. In quantum electrodynamics, it was shown that the anomalous magnetic moment of an electron arises kinematically, while it results from a dynamical interaction with an external magnetic field for hadrons (proton). Taking the anomalous magnetic moment of a fermion into account, we find an exact expression for the boundstate energy and the corresponding eigenfunctions of a two-dimensional nonrelativistic spin-1/2 harmonic oscillator with a centripetal barrier (known as the isotonic oscillator) including an Aharonov–Bohm term in the presence of a strong magnetic field. We use the Laplace transform method in the calculations. We find that the singular solution contributes to the phase of the wave function at the origin and the phase depends on the spin and magnetic flux.