1208.2615 (M. A. Anacleto et al.)

Analogue Aharonov-Bohm effect in a Lorentz-violating background    [PDF]

M. A. Anacleto, F. A. Brito, E. Passos

In this paper we consider the acoustic black hole metrics obtained from a relativistic fluid under the influence of constant background that violates the Lorentz symmetry to study the analogue of the Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect. We show that the scattering of planar waves by a draining bathtub vortex leads to a modified AB effect and due to the Lorentz symmetry breaking, the phase shift persists even in the limit where the parameters associated with the circulation and draining vanish.

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