Classical Electromagnetism and the Aharonov-Bohm Phase Shift

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 907-932

  Boyer, Timothy H ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1023/A:1003654508964     Document Type: Article

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