Published August 15, 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Fermions in an Aharonov-Bohm field and cosmic strings

  • 1. Center for Theoretical Physics, Laboratory for Nuclear Science dge, Massachusetts 02139 (USA)

Description

The scattering of fermions by an infinitely thin flux tube is governed by a Dirac Hamiltonian that requires specification of a one-parameter self-adjoint extension. This Aharonov-Bohm scenario arises generically for cosmic strings. In particular for some range of the extension parameter the string can bind fermions

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review, D
Journal Volume
40
Journal Issue
4
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
1346-1349
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDA