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A review of the Aharonov-Carmi thought experiment concerning the inertial and electromagnetic vector potentials [Book Review]

Jonathan H. Harris & Mark D. Semon

Foundations of Physics 10 (1-2):151-162 (1980)

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Quantum aspects of the equivalence principle.Y. Aharonov & G. Carmi - 1973 - Foundations of Physics 3 (4):493-498.details Two thought experiments are discussed which suggest, first, a geometric interpretation of the concept of a (say, vector) potential (i.e., as a kinematic quantity associated with a transformation between moving frames of reference suitably related to the problem) and, second, that, in a quantum treatment one should extend the notion of the equivalence principle to include not only the equivalence of inertial forces with suitable “real” forces, but also the equivalence of potentials of such inertial forces and the potentials of (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 5 citations
Quantum-related reference frames and the local physical significance of potentials.Yakir Aharonov & Gideon Carmi - 1974 - Foundations of Physics 4 (1):75-81.details In a sequel to our previous paper we discuss two thought experiments which show that potentials in force-free regions have not only a nonlocal physically measurable significance (via, e.g., ∮A ·dl), but, in singly connected portions of that region, also have a necessary local significance (via their quantum spread ΔA, which cannot be neglected). We then show, in continuation to the foregoing paper, how suchA arise “geometrically” as kinematic quantities associated with the transformation between “quantum-related” reference frames, e.g., when the (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 3 citations

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