{"title":"Path integrals in multiply connected spaces and the Aharonov-Bohm interference","authors":"J.Q. Liang","doi":"10.1016/0378-4363(88)90173-8","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A topological phase factor arising from the homotopy theory of path integrals in multiply connected spaces is equivalent to the non-integrable phase of the Dirac wave function of a charge particle in the presence of an inaccessible, time-independent magnetic flux. The Aharonov-Bohm interference is analysed with the topological phase.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101023,"journal":{"name":"Physica B+C","volume":"151 1","pages":"Pages 239-244"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0378-4363(88)90173-8","citationCount":"6","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Physica B+C","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0378436388901738","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A topological phase factor arising from the homotopy theory of path integrals in multiply connected spaces is equivalent to the non-integrable phase of the Dirac wave function of a charge particle in the presence of an inaccessible, time-independent magnetic flux. The Aharonov-Bohm interference is analysed with the topological phase.