Aharonov-bohm Definition and 18 Threads

It was originally argued by Aharonov and Bohm, and by many others, including me in https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.05986 , that the AB effect is most naturally interpreted as the argument that the gauge potential is "real" ontic entity. On the other hand, many, including @vanhees71 , argue that it...

In p.385 of Griffiths QM the vector potential ##\textbf{A} = \frac{\Phi}{2\pi r}\hat{\phi}## is chosen for the region outside a long solenoid. However, couldn't we also have chosen a vector potential that is a multiple of this, namely ##\textbf{A} = \alpha \frac{\Phi}{2\pi r} \hat{\phi}## where...

Does anyone know the answers to this, or can hopefully guide me to a text that will help me solve this aharonov-bohm problem? Here is the given: Particles (of mass m, and charge q), are driven through two slits that have distance d between them, in a screen that is far away (L>>d) from the...

Becker et al. 2019, Asymmetry and non-dispersivity in the Aharonov-Bohm effect The paper is open access and published in Nature Communications.

Hello! I am reading Griffiths book on QM and in the chapter about the adiabatic approximation he introduces the Aharonov-Bohm effect. I am not sure why is this effect an example of adiabatic approximation. The hamiltonian doesn't depend on time as the vector potential is not a function of time...

Is the Effective Potential the same thing we called in QM as "Quantum Potential" ?

The AB effect has been proved experimentally many times for the case where the EM field is strictly a magnetic flux in a solenoid. But, from what I have read, the AB effect for just an electric potential alone has not been demonstrated yet. Do you believe the AB effect for electric potentials...

Hello, I recently went through Griffiths' Quantum Mechanics text and there is a chapter called the Adiabatic Theorem that includes Berry phase and the Aharonov-Bohm effect. As I found them very interesting, I would appreciate if anyone could provide me with some good sources(books, internet...

I hope I've searched the forums thoroughly enough, I didn't find a similar question. I'm wondering about the specifics of the speed of the information on change in B of the solenoid between the two paths in a double-slit setup, one large enough where relativistic speed effects are within a...

I am trying to figure out when electrons are subject to an Aharonov-Bohm apparatus (the pick up a phase of +/- e(magnetic_flux)/(h_bar), how the interference fringes are shifted. I know de Broglie wavelength is given by lambda = h/p and that the fringe spacing without the vector potential is...

In trying to get the Aharonov-effect right I've found something that I'm not sure how to sort out. Briefly put my understanding of the effect is that it shows something that cannot be explained by classical physics in the sense that makes observable a classical EM global gauge transformation...

I can only seem to find vague sources explaining Aharonov-Bohm, usually saying things as "the different paths of an electron interfere". I presume this is language borrowed from a Feynman path integral formulation of QM, but I'm not familiar with that yet, so I'd rather see it explained in...

So the Aharonov-Bohm effect relies on a magnetic field that is only non-zero within a given range. However, is it possible, even in principle (i.e. theoretically), to have such a magnetic field?

We know that Aharonov-Bohm effect is explained by quantum theory. But, I imagine the situation that the solenoid is very far from two-slit. In this case, does Aharonov-Bohm effect happen? Current quantum theory doesn't consider the distance between two-slit and the solenoid. When the...

The Aharonov-Bohm effects show how a electro-magnetic field could affect a region of space in which the field had been shielded, although its vector potential did exist there and could interact with the wave function of say the electron. What practical application(s) (so far) can be derived...

Okay, so I was reviewing the Aharonov-Bohm effect online, and found some related discussion on Dirac Monopoles. Let me quote a bit: I don't understand a lick of it. What kind of math do I need to take to understand this stuff? -Geez

What is the Aharonov-Bohm effect and why it is a conseguence of the gauge invariance?

Is this thing for real? Have you heard of it? :confused: