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AB and Berry phases for a quantum cloud of charge

Y. Aharonov, S. Coleman, A. S. Goldhaber, S. Nussinov, S. Popescu, B. Reznik, D. Rohrlich, L. Vaidman

hep-tharXiv:hep-th/9312131

Abstract

We investigate the phase accumulated by a charged particle in an extended quantum state as it encircles one or more magnetic fluxons, each carrying half a flux unit. A simple, essentially topological analysis reveals an interplay between the Aharonov-Bohm phase and Berry's phase.

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