Aharonov and Bohm: electromagnetic potentials in quantum theory

What changed

Showed that electromagnetic potentials can produce quantum effects on charged particles in regions where the local fields and forces vanish, and proposed experimental tests.

Scientific scope

The record is the exact 1959 Physical Review paper. Earlier related observations, later electron-interference experiments, geometric-phase theory and broader gauge-theory interpretations remain separate.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact 1959 Physical Review paper. Earlier related observations, later electron-interference experiments, geometric-phase theory and broader gauge-theory interpretations remain separate.

Contributors

• Y. Aharonov · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
• D. Bohm · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• Aharonov and Bohm, Significance of Electromagnetic Potentials
• Crossref record for Aharonov–Bohm paper

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