Aharonov-Bohm effect and gauge invariance

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, , Citation M Bawin and A Burnel 1983 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 16 2173 DOI 10.1088/0305-4470/16/10/013

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The authors study the Aharonov-Bohm effect in a gauge for which the vector potential vanishes wherever the magnetic field does. They then show how gauge invariance implies the existence of Aharonov-Bohm scattering and excludes solutions recently discussed in the literature.

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