2001/10/24 by U. Leonhardt, Leonhardt, U., P. Ohberg +1
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft) #cond-mat.soft
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0110514
Replacement. New title and some changes to the text. Accepted by Physical Review A
arxiv created 2003/05/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
A vortex in a Bose-Einstein condensate generates the optical analog of the Aharonov-Bohm effect when illuminated with slow light. In contrast to the original Aharonov-Bohm effect the vortex will exchange forces with the light that lead to a measurable motion of the vortex.