Nonexistence of the Aharonov-Bohm effect.—II

Summary

Some theoretical points of a previous paper on the same subject are further developed. In particular, it is shown that 1) the elementary treatments of the Aharonov-Bohm effect are vitiated by a false conception of the electron wave phase; 2) the Aharonov-Bohm effect is a consequence of an improper choice of the initial condition, or—alternatively—of the choice of an improper Green's propagator for the initial wave function. Then, the most significant experiments on the Aharonov-Bohm effect are discussed; it is shown that they are not probative, and a simple explanation is proposed.

Riassunto

Si rendono espliciti taluni aspetti teorici di un'argomentazione sviluppata in un precedente lavoro sul medesimo problema. Si discutono poi i più significativi esperimenti sull'effetto Aharonov-Bohm, si dimostra che essi non sono probanti e se ne propone una semplice interpretazione.