ON THE TOPOLOGICAL NATURE OF THE AHARONOV-CASHER EFFECT

被引:23
作者
ZEILINGER, A
GAHLER, R
HORNE, MA
机构
[1] TECH UNIV MUNICH,DEPT PHYS E21,W-8046 GARCHING,GERMANY
[2] STONEHILL COLL,N EASTON,MA 02356
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1016/0375-9601(91)90742-Q
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
In order to manifest the topological nature of the Aharonov-Casher effect more strongly, we propose to demonstrate experimentally the non-dispersiveness of the Aharonov-Casher phase shift and to perform experiments with geometries varying the position of the line charge relative to the neutron interferometer beams, with and without changing the topology of the arrangement.
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