2026/05/06 by F. Minotti, Giovanni Modanese, G. Modanese
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #physics.gen-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1140/epjp/s13360-026-08031-7
published as The European Physical Journal Plus 141 (7), 788 (2026) · 24 pages, 2 figures
arxiv created 2026/05/06 · openalex publication_date 2026/07/08 · openalex created_date 2026/07/09 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23 · arxiv updated 2026/07/30
Abstract We investigate the possibility that idealized quantum state-reduction processes may produce a local violation of charge conservation. If this occurs, the corresponding electromagnetic fields cannot be consistently described within Maxwell electrodynamics, and a natural alternative is provided by Aharonov–Bohm electrodynamics, which reduces to Maxwell theory when local charge conservation holds, but remains compatible with non-conserved sources. Within this framework, we first analyze how state reduction may generate non-conserved local currents, including statistically compensated cases and biased tunneling configurations with persistent average current. We then study the interaction of gauge waves with fermionic and bosonic quantum systems, the latter being described by a modified Schrödinger equation previously proposed for boson matter. As an application, we discuss the interaction of gauge waves with superconductors and show that they can effectively shield such waves. Finally, we present experimental proposals based on inverse-biased diodes and estimate the expected detector response.