2021/12/16 by Keith J. Kasunic, Kasunic, Keith J.
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research #Optics (physics.optics) #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #Terahertz technology and applications
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2112.10611
openalex publication_date 2021/12/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect is now largely considered to be a manifestation of geometric phase. However, by decomposing the vector-potential gradient tensor into divergence, curl, and shear components, we isolate a field/charged-particle interaction that is not dependent on local electric and magnetic fields. We show that a local shear field provides a velocity-dependent, dynamic-phase interaction in the AB effect whose predictions are consistent with all known classes of AB experiments, including interference fringe shifts, the absence of time delays along the direction of propagation, and the possibility of lateral forces.