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View SchemaPotential Effect: Aharonov-Bohm Effect of Simply Connected Region
| Authors | Jùn Líu |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/9506038 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9506038 |
Abstract
We study a generalization of Aharonov-Bohm effect, the potential effect. The discussion is focused on field-free effects in simply connected region, which obviously can not have any local field-flux. Among the published discussions about this kind of effects, it is generally agreed that this kind of effects does not exist due to gauge invariance. However, there are also opinions that this effect is a trivial variation of Aharonov-Bohm effect and therefore there is no need to check its existence. To my knowledge, it has never been tested. My first goal here is to supply enough theoretical reason to motivate the experimental test of this effect. I start with an intuitive derivation, then I introduce a wave-front theory as a theoretical consideration. Logically, the existence of potential effect implies the existence of the AB effect, but not vice versa. The purpose of this paper is to provide a physical connection in the opposite direction.
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"title": "Potential Effect: Aharonov-Bohm Effect of Simply Connected Region",
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