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Named after Yakir Aharonov and David Bohm, who published an analysis in 1959.
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Aharonov-Bohm effect
Today it means: A quantum-mechanical phenomenon in which an electrically charged particle is affected by an electromagnetic potential, despite being confined to a region in which both the magnetic field and electric field are zero. Full definition →