Concerning the Direction of the Aharonov-Bohm Deflection
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2306.02112v1
- Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2023 13:50:30 GMT
- Title: Concerning the Direction of the Aharonov-Bohm Deflection
- Authors: Timothy H. Boyer
- Abstract summary: We show an experimentally-observed Aharonov-Bohm deflection of the double-slit particle interference pattern between charges passing on opposite sides.
Although the magnitude of the angular deflection agrees between the classical force calculation and the quantum topological theory, the direction of the predicted deflection is opposite.
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- Abstract: The interaction of a solenoid with a passing charged particle can be treated
within classical or quantum physics. If charged particles pass around both
sides of a solenoid, there is an experimentally-observed Aharonov-Bohm
deflection of the double-slit particle interference pattern between charges
passing on opposite sides. Such a deflection can be obtained by a classical
force calculation. Although the magnitude of the angular deflection agrees
between the classical force calculation and the quantum topological theory, the
direction of the predicted deflection is opposite. Here we point out the simple
basis for the direction of the deflection based upon classical electrodynamics
and based upon quantum theory, and we mention analogues, both the electrostatic
deflection of the particle interference pattern and the optical analogue of the
classical calculation. The deflection direction involves an experimental
question which is addressed rarely if ever.
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