Afriat, Alexander (2018) The Aharonov-Bohm debate in 3D. [Preprint]
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Going from two dimensions (curl and circulation) to three (divergence and flux in electrostatics or `Newton-Poisson gravity') can shed light on the Aharonov-Bohm debate. The three-dimensional analogy is misleading if taken too literally; it makes sense on a more abstract, formal level (where, for instance, the electromagnetic field is viewed somewhat metaphorically as a `source'---of electromagnetic turbulence). A slight tweak is enough to produce (a fictitious) gauge freedom in three dimensions.
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| Keywords: | Aharonov-Bohm, gauge, differential forms, electromagnetism | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances |
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| Depositing User: | Alexander Afriat | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jul 2018 13:41 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 02 Jul 2018 13:41 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 14834 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances |
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| Date: | 1 July 2018 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/14834 |
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