Classical Analog to Topological Nonlocal Quantum Interference Effects

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 204011-204014

  Aharonov, Yakir ^a,b   Popescu, Sandu ^c,d   Reznik, Benni ^a   Stern, Ady ^e  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

^e WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HAMILTONIANS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; SOLENOIDS; TOPOLOGY; VECTORS;

MAGNETIC FLUXON; NONLOCAL QUANTUM INTERFERENCE;

QUANTUM INTERFERENCE PHENOMENA;

EID: 17444436037     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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