Aharonov-Bohm Effect
Yakir Aharonov (b. 1932)
David Bohm (b.1917)
AharonovâBohm effect 1959
The AharonovâBohm effect, sometimes called the EhrenbergâSidayâAharonovâBohm effect, is a quantum mechanical phenomenon in which an electrically charged particle is affected by an electromagnetic potential (Ï, A), despite being confined to a region in which both the magnetic field B and electric field E are zero. The underlying mechanism is the coupling of the electromagnetic potential with the complex phase of a charged particle's wave function, and the AharonovâBohm effect is accordingly illustrated by interference experiments.
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Physically "I'm my own grandpa" is the Aharonov-Bohm effect w/ "Grandpa" as phaseshift (absent in the universal cover): http://bit.ly/9rEt92
@elonmusk @MuskUniversity That is, respectively, not the issue.
You âbreak physical lawâ by showing that physical theory is merely effective. Why are you not investing in fundamental physics to render current thy effective??
Aharonov-Bohm, Lee-Yang, Superconductivity, Superfluidity, etc are examples.
@elonmusk @MuskUniversity Good job tonight by the way. But can we actually stop messing around and get focused on actually getting off this rock? This is getting dangerous just letting this Ukraine/climate/market thing keep running. Itâs not gonna run like this foreverâŠas you more than others well know. https://t.co/pnXLWFUTdu
@elonmusk @MuskUniversity *respectfully
Sorry. Autocorrect and I have our moments. The point stands however.
Quality Control: the scourge of Great Science.
You cannot quality control your nation to great theoretical physics. Canât be done.
Itâs about what has never been done. I could wipe out all of past theoretical physics with peer review & quality control.
âMr Feynman: what is the measure on that integral?â
âBut then your eigenfunctions arenât in your Hilbert space.â
âWait: why are we adding ad hoc positivity conditions again?â
âSo nature just gives us this magic sector Mr Higgs because it would solve all your problems? Have you considered going into screenwriting?â
âBut Dr Einstein, your equations must be wrong because they lead to singularities that canât be removed.â
âDr Gell-Mann: you are just randomly applying SU(3) to totally different things. Like a man with a hammer thinking everything is a nail.â
âBut Paul, then the election and the proton would have the same mass. Rejected for publication Iâm afraid.â
âBut Dr Aharonov: surely someone would have noticed this. Iâm sorry. You canât give a talk on magical E&M.â
- electron. My bad.
Q: How do we get relocate these people at scale? How do they enter theoretical physics? Itâs so bizarre.
@barryzed Quite. Thanks. đ