Phys. Rev. A 57, 2239–2242 (1998)Aharonov-Bohm oscillations in a hydrogen atom in a radiation field through electron self-interferenceReceived 3 March 1997; published in the issue dated March 1998 We study the influence of a weak magnetic field on time evolution of a quantum state that is a coherent superposition of two counter-rotating Trojan wave packets in a linearly polarized electromagnetic field. We demonstrate that both the interference pattern of the electron probability density and differential cross section for half-cycle pulse ionization exhibit periodic modulation as a function of magnetic flux cutting the plane of packet motion. The shift is proportional to the magnetic flux in a way characteristic for the Aharonov-Bohm effect. © 1998 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.57.2239
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.57.2239
PACS:
32.80.Rm, 42.50.Hz, 03.65.Bz, 03.75.Dg
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