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Volume 112, Number 4, November 2015
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| Article Number | 40006 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | General | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/112/40006 | |
| Published online | 03 December 2015 | |
Dispersionless forces and the Aharonov-Bohm effect
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 208 Jorgensen Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0299, USA
Received: 18 August 2015
Accepted: 16 November 2015
The independence of the Aharonov-Bohm phase shift on particle velocity is one of its defining properties. The classical counterpart to this dispersionless behavior is the absence of forces along the direction of motion of the particle. A reevaluation of the experimental demonstration that forces are absent in the AB physical system is given, including previously unpublished data. It is shown that the debate on the presence or absence of forces is not settled. Experiments that measure the influence of magnetic permeability on forces and search for dispersionless quantum forces are proposed.
PACS: 03.65.Ta – Foundations of quantum mechanics; measurement theory / 03.75.-b – Matter waves / 03.65.Vf – Phases: geometric; dynamic or topological
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