Aharonov-Bohm scattering of neutral atoms with induced electric dipole moments

Abstract

We investigate the scattering of neutral polarizable atoms from an electrically charged wire placed in a homogeneous magnetic field. The atoms carry an induced electric dipole. The reflecting wire is discussed. We calculate the scattering amplitude and cross section the practically more important case that atoms are totally absorbed at the surface of the wire. If the magnetic field is present, there is a dominating Aharonov-Bohm peak in the forward direction followed by decreasing oscillations for larger angles. An experimental realization of this modulated Aharonov-Bohm scattering should be possible.

9 pages, LaTeX, 2 figures

References in corpus (4)

• Resource Letter GPP-1: Geometric Phases in Physics
• Bremsstrahlung of relativistic electrons in the Aharonov-Bohm potential
• Electron-positron pair production in the Aharonov-Bohm potential
• Scattering of scalar and Dirac particles by a magnetic tube of finite radius

Cited by in corpus (7)

• Atom Interferometers
• He-McKellar-Wilkens effect and Scalar Aharonov-Bohm effect for a neutral particle based on the Lorentz symmetry violation
• Solid State Analog for He-McKellar-Wilkens Quantum Phase
• Elastic scattering and bound states in the Aharonov-Bohm potential superimposed by an attractive ${\rho }^{-2}$ potential
• Quantized Roentgen Effect in Bose-Einstein Condensates
• Aharonov-Bohm scattering of charged particles and neutral atoms: the role of absorption
• Test of the He-McKellar-Wilkens topological phase by atom interferometry. Part I: theoretical discussion