Aharonov-Bohm Phase in High Density Quark Matter

TL;DR

This paper investigates the Aharonov-Bohm phases experienced by various charged particles around non-Abelian vortices in dense quark matter's color-flavor locked phase, revealing quantum effects in such exotic states.

Contribution

It provides the first calculation of Aharonov-Bohm phases for electrons, muons, and tetraquark mesons in the context of non-Abelian vortices in high-density quark matter.

Findings

Charged particles acquire non-trivial Aharonov-Bohm phases around vortices.

The phases depend on particle type and vortex properties.

Results enhance understanding of quantum phenomena in dense quark matter.

Abstract

Stable non-Abelian vortices, which are color magnetic flux tubes as well as superfluid vortices, are present in the color-flavor locked phase of dense quark matter with diquark condensations. We calculate the Aharanov-Bohm phases of charged particles, that is, electrons, muons, and color-flavor locked mesons made of tetraquarks around a non-Abelian vortex.