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On the possibility of observing the aharonov-bohm effect under nonstationary potential conditions

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Based on a theoretical analysis of the nonstationary excitation of a solenoid, it is demonstrated for the first time that vector potentials exist in the space outside the solenoid which can, in the general case, provide conditions for observation of the Aharonov-Bohm effect.

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  1. St. Petersburg State Technical University, St. Petersburg, Russia

    A. G. Chirkov

  2. Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia

    A. N. Ageev

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Translated from Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Fiziki, Vol. 26, No. 16, 2000, pp. 103–110.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2000 by Chirkov, Ageev.

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Chirkov, A.G., Ageev, A.N. On the possibility of observing the aharonov-bohm effect under nonstationary potential conditions. Tech. Phys. Lett. 26, 747–750 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1307832

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