Department of Physics and Astronomy: Publications and Other Research
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Date of this Version
2015
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Article
Citation
EPL, 112 (2015) 40006
Abstract
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of the experimental demonstration that forces are absent in the AB physical system is given, including previously unpublished data.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.
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Copyright EPLA, 2015. Used by permission.