Paradoxes of the Aharonov-Bohm and the Aharonov-Casher effects

TL;DR

This paper examines the paradoxes of the Aharonov-Bohm and Aharonov-Casher effects from a local perspective, proposing that quantum entanglement and local interactions explain these phenomena.

Contribution

It offers a novel local explanation for these effects by emphasizing quantum entanglement and the quantum treatment of the solenoid.

Findings

Aharonov-Bohm effect can be explained via local interaction when the solenoid is quantum mechanically treated.

Quantum entanglement is central to understanding these effects.

The effects are not paradoxical if viewed through the lens of local interactions and entanglement.

Abstract

For a believer in locality of Nature, the Aharonov-Bohm effect and the Aharonov-Casher effect are paradoxes. I discuss these and other Aharonov's paradoxes and propose a local explanation of these effects. If the solenoid in the Aharonov-Bohm effect is treated quantum mechanically, the effect can be explained via local interaction between the field of the electron and the solenoid. I argue that the core of the Aharonov-Bohm and the Aharonov-Casher effects is that of quantum entanglement: the quantum wave function describes all systems together.