The Aharonov-Bohm effect: Still a thought-provoking experiment [Book Review]

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Foundations of Physics 18 (7):731-740 (1988)
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In the Aharonov- Bohm effect, electromagnetic potentials alter the two-slit interference pattern formed by an electron beam. We discuss here a curious feature of this effect, namely that, even though the interference pattern changes, none of its moments are shifted

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