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Main Author: Wakamatsu, Masashi
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.07775
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contents Whether the time-dependent Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect even exists or not has been the subject of long-standing debate. There are two factors complicating the problem. First, in the closed spacetime line integral of the vector potential that is thought to give the AB-phase shift, how to treat the time-varying vector potential is highly nontrivial. Second, the time-varying magnetic flux generates induced electric field even outside the solenoid. In the present paper, motivated by a recent work by Gao, we re-investigate the role of the induced electric field with the utmost care. This analysis reveals a highly nontrivial effect of the induced electric field, which turns out to be useful for verifying the very existence of the time-dependent AB-effect.
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spellingShingle On the role of induced electric field in the time-dependent Aharonov-Bohm effect
Wakamatsu, Masashi
Quantum Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Theory
Whether the time-dependent Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect even exists or not has been the subject of long-standing debate. There are two factors complicating the problem. First, in the closed spacetime line integral of the vector potential that is thought to give the AB-phase shift, how to treat the time-varying vector potential is highly nontrivial. Second, the time-varying magnetic flux generates induced electric field even outside the solenoid. In the present paper, motivated by a recent work by Gao, we re-investigate the role of the induced electric field with the utmost care. This analysis reveals a highly nontrivial effect of the induced electric field, which turns out to be useful for verifying the very existence of the time-dependent AB-effect.
title On the role of induced electric field in the time-dependent Aharonov-Bohm effect
topic Quantum Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.07775