TITLE:
The Relativistic Time-Dependent Aharonov-Bohm Effect
AUTHORS:
Athanasios N. Petridis, Zachary Kertzman, Khinlay Win
KEYWORDS:
Aharonov-Bohm Effect, Dirac Equation, Time-Dependent Quantum Mechanics
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Modern Physics,
Vol.5 No.16,
October
21,
2014
ABSTRACT: The relativistic Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect
is studied using the time-dependent Dirac equation. It is shown that if the
initial electron distribution is a pulse it is possible to define
time-dependent signals that distinguish the AB effect from dipole and induced
Coulomb interactions.