Eur. Phys. J. C (2006) 48: 641-645
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-006-0047-z

Theoretical Physics

Aharonov–Casher effect for spin-1 particles in a non-commutative space

Department of Physics, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 84156, Iran

^* e-mail: b.mirza@cc.iut.ac.ir

Received: 17 June 2006
Published online: 24 October 2006

Abstract

In this work, the Aharonov–Casher (AC) phase is calculated for spin-1 particles in a non-commutative space. The AC phase has previously been calculated from the Dirac equation in a non-commutative space using a gauge-like technique. In the spin-1 case, we use the Kemmer equation to calculate the phase in a similar manner. It is shown that the holonomy receives non-trivial kinematical corrections. By comparing the new result with the already known spin-1/2 case, one may conjecture a generalized formula for the corrections to holonomy for higher spins.