Locality of the Aharonov-Bohm-Casher effect

Kicheon Kang
Phys. Rev. A 91, 052116 – Published 22 May 2015; Erratum Phys. Rev. A 91, 069901 (2015)

Abstract

We address the question of locality versus nonlocality in the Aharonov-Bohm and the Aharonov-Casher effects. For this purpose, we investigate all possible configurations of ideal shielding of the overlap between the electromagnetic fields generated by a charge and by a magnetic flux and analyze their consequences on the Aharonov-Bohm-Casher interference. In a classical treatment of shielding, the Aharonov-Bohm-Casher effect vanishes regardless of the geometry of shielding when the local overlap of electromagnetic fields is completely eliminated. On the other hand, the result depends on the configuration of shielding if the charge quantization in the superconducting shield is taken into account. It is shown that our results are fully understood in terms of the fluctuating local-field interaction. Our analysis strongly supports the alternative view on the Aharonov-Bohm-Casher interference that the effects originate from the local action of electromagnetic fields.

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  • Received 21 August 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.91.052116

©2015 American Physical Society

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Authors & Affiliations

Kicheon Kang*

  • Department of Physics, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea

  • *kicheon.kang@gmail.com

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Vol. 91, Iss. 5 — May 2015

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