Quantum phase of a moving dipole
- 3 January 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 72 (1) , 5-8
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.72.5
Abstract
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.Keywords
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