Applied physics
N 2, 2003

A new theory of the Aharonov-Bohm effect, in which the source of the potential is outside the electronic trajectories

G. Lochak
Louis de Broglie Foundation, Paris, France

   A new theory of the Aharonov-Bohm experiment, based on the calculation of the phase difference between the electronic trajectories, shows that the shifting of the interference fringes depends both on the gauge of the potential and of the location of its source with respect to the interference device. A new experiment is then suggested, in which the source of the potential is outside the electronic trajectories. The line integral of the potential along the trajectories equals zero, but the shifting of the fringes does not vanish.

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