Comment on experiments related to the aharonov-bohm phase shift

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 498-505

  Boyer, Timothy H ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Aharonov Bohm phase shift; Classical lag effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849097950     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10701-008-9217-1     Document Type: Note

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