Aharonov-Bohm Phase is Locally Generated Like All Other Quantum Phases
Aharonov-Bohm Phase is Locally Generated Like All Other Quantum Phases
In the Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect, a superposed charge acquires a detectable phase by enclosing an infinite solenoid, in a region where the solenoid's electric and magnetic fields are zero. Its generation seems therefore explainable only by the local action of gauge-dependent potentials, not of gauge-independent fields. This was recently challenged …