Classical Electrodynamics without Fields and the Aharonov-Bohm effect
General Physics
2008-03-19 v2
Abstract
The Darwin-Breit Hamiltonian is applied to the Aharonov-Bohm experiment. In agreement with the standard Maxwell-Lorentz theory, the force acting on electrons from infinite solenoids or ferromagnetic rods vanishes. However, the interaction energies and phase factors of the electron wave packets are non-zero. This allows us to explain the Aharonov-Bohm effect without involvement of electromagnetic potentials, fields, and topological properties of space.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0803.1326,
title = {Classical Electrodynamics without Fields and the Aharonov-Bohm effect},
author = {Eugene V. Stefanovich},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.1326},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
15 pages, 2 figures; v2 - minor changes