Abstract
A generic non-conservative force, applied to an interferometer particle for a period in the past and then turned off, leaves stationary phase and fringe shifts in the now force-free interferometer. Both Aharonov-Bohm and Aharonov-Casher topological phase and fringe shifts can be created in this way. The specific sources of the non-conservative forces behind Aharonov-Bohm and Aharonov-Casher stationary fringe shifts are, respectively, Faraday induction fields and Maxwell displacement currents, now off.
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Horne, M. On Non-conservative Forces and Topological Quantum Phases. Found Phys 42, 140–146 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-010-9528-x
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