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arXiv:quant-ph/9601001 · Physical Review Letters

Comment on “Quantum Phase of Induced Dipoles Moving in a Magnetic Field”

C. R. Hägen

Published Aug 19, 1996• 27 citations
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Abstract

It has recently been suggested that an Aharonov-Bohm phase should be capable of detection using beams of neutral polarizable particles. A more careful analysis of the proposed experiment suffices to show, however, that it cannot be performed regardless of the strength of the external electric and magnetic fields.
DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.77.1656

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