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The Aharonov-Bohm Effect

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. M. Peshkin
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  2. A. Tonomura
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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 340)

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Table of contents (2 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. The Aharonov-Bohm effect Part one: Theory

    • Murray Peshkin
    Pages 1-34

  3. The Aharonov-Bohm effect Part two: Experiment

    • Akira Tonomura
    Pages 35-152

  4. Back Matter

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About this book

30 years ago, the Aharonov-Bohm effect was predicted for the first time; since then, this quantum phenomenon which so grossly irritates a physical intuition trained in Maxwellian electrodynamics, has been discussed and studied both experimentally and theoretically. A thorough understanding of the Aharonov-Bohm effect has substantial bearing on the foundations and interpretation of quantum mechanics, on the understanding of gauge theories and on the role of topological methods in mathematical physics. In the meantime, decisive precision measurements have experimentally confirmed the predictions of Aharonov and Bohm. In Part One of this book M. Peshkin outlines the theoretical ideas that are actually tested in the experiments described by A. Tonomura in Part Two. Both authors give a complete and pedagogically well written description of the Aharonov-Bohm effect and its measurement. The book is accessible to everybody interested in quantum mechanics and its foundations, in particular to students. The presentation also reviews the historical developments in some detail.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Aharonov-Bohm Effect

  • Editors: M. Peshkin, A. Tonomura

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0032076

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-13727-7Published: 17 April 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-46661-1Published: 10 April 2006

  • Series ISSN: 0075-8450

  • Series E-ISSN: 1616-6361

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 153

  • Number of Illustrations: 77 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Quantum Physics, Mathematical Physics, Classical Electrodynamics

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