TY - JOUR
T1 - Time-symmetry and topology of the Aharonov-Bohm effect
AU - Aharonov, Yakir
AU - Paiva, Ismael L.
AU - Schwartzman-Nowik, Zohar
AU - Elitzur, Avshalom C.
AU - Cohen, Eliahu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 IOP Publishing Ltd
PY - 2023/11/24
Y1 - 2023/11/24
N2 - The Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect has been highly influential in fundamental and applied physics. Its topological nature commonly implies that an electron encircling a magnetic flux source in a field-free region must close the loop in order to generate an observable effect. In this paper, we study a variant of the AB effect that apparently challenges this concept. The significance of weak values and nonlocal equations of motion is discussed as part of the analysis, shedding light on and connecting all these fundamental concepts.
AB - The Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect has been highly influential in fundamental and applied physics. Its topological nature commonly implies that an electron encircling a magnetic flux source in a field-free region must close the loop in order to generate an observable effect. In this paper, we study a variant of the AB effect that apparently challenges this concept. The significance of weak values and nonlocal equations of motion is discussed as part of the analysis, shedding light on and connecting all these fundamental concepts.
KW - Aharonov-Bohm effect
KW - modular operators
KW - weak measurement
KW - weak values
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U2 - 10.1088/1751-8121/ad0589
DO - 10.1088/1751-8121/ad0589
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AN - SCOPUS:85177168499
SN - 1751-8113
VL - 56
JO - Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
JF - Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
IS - 47
M1 - 475302
ER -