The Crucial Role of Inert Source in the Magnetic Aharonov-Bohm Effect

TL;DR

This paper analyzes the importance of inert magnetic sources in the Aharonov-Bohm effect, demonstrating that replacing the inert source with a noninert one causes the effect to vanish, highlighting the role of quantum nonlocality.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis showing the necessity of inert sources for the Aharonov-Bohm effect, emphasizing the role of quantum nonlocality.

Findings

Effect disappears with noninert source

Supports the crucial role of inert sources

Highlights quantum nonlocality

Abstract

The role of the inert magnetic source used in the Tonomura experiment that has confirmed the magnetic Aharonov-Bohm effect is discussed. For this purpose, an analysis of a thought experiment is carried out. Here the permanent magnet is replaced by a classical source which is made of an ideal coil. A detailed calculation of this noninert source proves that in this case the effect disappears. This outcome provides another support for the crucial role of an inert source in the Aharonov-Bohm effect. A new aspect of quantum nonlocality is pointed out.