Unresolved Classical Electromagnetic Aspects of the Aharonov-Bohm Phase Shift

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2007-09-05

arxiv.org/abs/0709.0661v1

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Atomic Physics

10 pages

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.2827334

The long-standing controversy regarding the Aharonov-Bohm phase shift is reviewed. The shifts of both optical and particle interference patterns are summarized. It is pointed out that a line of electric dipoles and a line of magnetic dipoles (a long solenoid) both produce experimentally observed phase shifts similar to that produced by introducing a rectangular block of glass behind one slit of a double-slit interference pattern; the double-slit pattern is shifted while the single-slit envelope remains undisplaced. The quantum explanation for the magnetic interference pattern shift introduced by Aharonov and Bohm in 1959 involves completely different ideas from those suggested by a semiclassical analysis. Experiments planned by Caprez, Barwick, and Batelaan should clarify the connections between classical and quantum theories in connection with the Ahronov-Bohm phase shift.

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