Comment on "Aharonov-Bohm scattering of neutral atoms with induced electric dipole moments" by J. Audretsch and V.D. Skarzhinsky

Authors
Leonhardt, U
Citation
U. Leonhardt, Comment on "Aharonov-Bohm scattering of neutral atoms with induced electric dipole moments" by J. Audretsch and V.D. Skarzhinsky, PHYS LETT A, 253(5-6), 1999, pp. 370-372
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICS LETTERS A
ISSN journal
03759601 → ACNP
Volume
253
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
370 - 372
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(19990329)253:5-6<370:CO"SON>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Audretsch and Skarzhinsky [Phys. Lett. A 241 (1998) 7] use standard scatter ing theory in Aharonov-Bohm (AB) type situations. However, the long-range c haracter of AB interactions leads to severe mathematical problems that call for an appropriate modification of scattering theory [U. Leonhardt, M. Wil kens, Europhys. Lett. 42 (1998) 365]. Furthermore, in their paper absorptio n is treated in an inconsistent way. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V.