Open AccessThe Aharonov–Bohm effects: Variations on a subtle theme
Author(s) -
Herman Batelaan,
Akira Tonomura
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
physics today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.594
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1945-0699
pISSN - 0031-9228
DOI - 10.1063/1.3226854
Subject(s) - flourishing , skepticism , theme (computing) , electron , physics , theoretical physics , epistemology , classical mechanics , quantum mechanics , philosophy , psychology , computer science , social psychology , operating system
The notion, introduced 50 years ago, that electrons could be affected by electromagnetic potentials without coming in contact with actual force fields was received with a skepticism that has spawned a flourishing of experimental tests and expansions of the original idea.
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