Physical Review Letters · 1994 · 308 citations · 10 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsAtomic PhysicsElectromagnetismQuantum MechanicsPhase TransitionsTopological Phases Of MatterQuantum PhaseQuantum Phase TransitionsTopological Phase TransitionsTopological Quantum Phase Transition
It is shown that a neutral particle with an electric dipole moment which moves in a magnetic field acquires a topological phase. This phase may be observed in atom or molecular interferometry.Received 11 August 1993DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.5©1994 American Physical Society
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Topological Quantum Effects for Neutral Particles
Yakir Aharonov, A. Casher · Physical Review Letters · 1984 · 1.3K citations