The Aharonov-Bohm effect is associated with cyclic motion. It is one of a number of anholonomic effects, and this means that the dynamical description depends on the current position of the system and on the path by which it reached that position.
An example of an anholonomic effect is Foucault's famous pendulum, which simply demonstrates the Earth's rotation. The Sagnac effect - a light beam passing around a rotated system of mirrors - is another example. Modern dynamical developments such as Hannay's angle and Berry's phase are further useful examples.

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Book Title: Aharonov-Bohm and other Cyclic Phenomena
Authors: James Hamilton
Series Title: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0110664
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1997
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-14805-1Published: 03 October 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-68419-0Published: 05 November 2007
Series ISSN: 0081-3869
Series E-ISSN: 1615-0430
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 185
Topics: Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics

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