Landau quantization for an induced electric dipole in the presence of topological defects

• Authors: Knut Bakke , Lincoln Ribeiro , Claudio Furtado
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this contribution we investigate the non-relativistic quantum dynamics of induced electric dipoles in the presence of a topological defect. We propose an analog of Landau quantization for neutral atoms, where a electric dipole is induced by the electromagnetic field configuration. We investigate this system in the presence of a topological defect and show that it breaks the infinite degeneracy of Landau levels.

Keywords

EN

Landau quantization; topological defects; Aharonov-Casher coupling

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Physics
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 893-899

Dates

published

1 - 12 - 2010

online

5 - 9 - 2010

Contributors

author

Knut Bakke

• Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Caixa Postal 5008, 58051-970, João Pessoa, Pb, Brazil

author

Lincoln Ribeiro

• International Center for Condensed Matter Physics, Universidade de Brasilia, Caixa Postal 04667, 70910-900, Brasilia, DF, Brazil

author

Claudio Furtado

• Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Caixa Postal 5008, 58051-970, João Pessoa, Pb, Brazil

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11534-010-0006-z