The non-ideal theory of the Aharonov-Bohm effect

DOI10.1007/s11229-020-02859-xzbMath1525.81024OpenAlexW3085628313MaRDI QIDQ6067017

John Dougherty

Publication date: 14 December 2023

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-020-02859-x

zbMATH Keywords

topologylocalityAharonov-Bohm effectidealizationunitarily inequivalent representations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Differential geometric methods, including holonomy, Berry and Hannay phases, Aharonov-Bohm effect, etc. in quantum theory (81Q70)

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