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This is the same mathematical effect (from reading their paper on it):

The action-functional is effectively (ignoring kinetic term) $\bar{v}\cdot \bar{E}\times\bar{\mu}$. But this is equivalent to the precession of the magnetic moment in a magnetic field, $\bar{E}\times\bar{\mu}=e\bar{A}$ (a paper of Kan and Koh, 1992, actually explains this in great detail). From here the Lagrangian for the AC-effect is effectively the Lagrangian for the AB-effect, and is due to the vector potential... this is what the dual aspect is.

Clarification: In fact, their paper came across this effect by simply manipulating the view of the AB-effect in the case of a solenoid (the standard example). A solenoid can be represented as a bunch of magnetic moments lined up, and this is what they do to get the AC-effect. They explicitly attribute this to the vector potential, quote, "Is it possible to generate a situation in which a neutral particle exhibits the A-B effect? We will show that this is indeed possible and is actually a necessary consequence of the physics described by Eq. (1)." Equation 1 here is the standard Lagrangian for particle motion, and involves the vector potential (that is how you get a potential term in the Lagrangian).

Aside: This is related to how us physics students learn [in Electrodynamics] that the only physical quantities are the E-field and B-field, and the vector potential $A$ and scalar potential $\phi$ are simply mathematical constructs to help computations... this is indeed true, as the electromagnetic field is described by virtual photons. Yet the AB-effect (and hence AC-effect) shows how through the vector potential we realize a topological condition on our fields!

This is the same mathematical effect (from reading their paper on it):

The action-functional is effectively (ignoring kinetic term) $\bar{v}\cdot \bar{E}\times\bar{\mu}$. But this is equivalent to the precession of the magnetic moment in a magnetic field, $\bar{E}\times\bar{\mu}=e\bar{A}$ (a paper of Kan and Koh, 1992, actually explains this in great detail). From here the Lagrangian for the AC-effect is effectively the Lagrangian for the AB-effect, and is due to the vector potential... this is what the dual aspect is.

Clarification: In fact, their paper came across this effect by simply manipulating the view of the AB-effect in the case of a solenoid (the standard example). A solenoid can be represented as a bunch of magnetic moments lined up, and this is what they do to get the AC-effect. They explicitly attribute this to the vector potential, quote, "Is it possible to generate a situation in which a neutral particle exhibits the A-B effect? We will show that this is indeed possible and is actually a necessary consequence of the physics described by Eq. (1)." Equation 1 here is the standard Lagrangian for particle motion, and involves the vector potential (that is how you get a potential term in the Lagrangian).

This is the same mathematical effect (from reading their paper on it):

The action-functional is effectively (ignoring kinetic term) $\bar{v}\cdot \bar{E}\times\bar{\mu}$. But this is equivalent to the precession of the magnetic moment in a magnetic field, $\bar{E}\times\bar{\mu}=e\bar{A}$ (a paper of Kan and Koh, 1992, actually explains this in great detail). From here the Lagrangian for the AC-effect is effectively the Lagrangian for the AB-effect, and is due to the vector potential... this is what the dual aspect is.

Clarification: In fact, their paper came across this effect by simply manipulating the view of the AB-effect in the case of a solenoid (the standard example). A solenoid can be represented as a bunch of magnetic moments lined up, and this is what they do to get the AC-effect. They explicitly attribute this to the vector potential, quote, "Is it possible to generate a situation in which a neutral particle exhibits the A-B effect? We will show that this is indeed possible and is actually a necessary consequence of the physics described by Eq. (1)." Equation 1 here is the standard Lagrangian for particle motion, and involves the vector potential (that is how you get a potential term in the Lagrangian).

Aside: This is related to how us physics students learn [in Electrodynamics] that the only physical quantities are the E-field and B-field, and the vector potential $A$ and scalar potential $\phi$ are simply mathematical constructs to help computations... this is indeed true, as the electromagnetic field is described by virtual photons. Yet the AB-effect (and hence AC-effect) shows how through the vector potential we realize a topological condition on our fields!

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I believe this to haveThis is the same mathematical effect (from reading their paper on it):
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The action-functional is effectively (ignoring kinetic term) $\bar{v}\cdot \bar{E}\times\bar{\mu}$. But this is equivalent to the precession of the magnetic moment in a magnetic field, $\bar{E}\times\bar{\mu}=e\bar{A}$ (a paper of Kan and Koh, 1992, actually explains this in great detail). From here the Lagrangian for the AC-effect is effectively the Lagrangian for the AB-effect, and is due to the vector potential... this is what the dual aspect is.

Clarification: In fact, their paper came across this effect by simply manipulating the view of the AB-effect in the case of a solenoid (the standard example). A solenoid can be represented as a bunch of magnetic moments lined up, and this is what they do to get the AC-effect. They explicitly attribute this to the vector potential, quote, "Is it possible to generate a situation in which a neutral particle exhibits the A-B effect? We will show that this is indeed possible and is actually a necessary consequence of the physics described by Eq. (1)." Equation 1 here is the standard Lagrangian for particle motion, and involves the vector potential (that is how you get a potential term in the Lagrangian).

I believe this to have the same mathematical effect (from reading their paper on it):
The action-functional is effectively (ignoring kinetic term) $\bar{v}\cdot \bar{E}\times\bar{\mu}$. But this is equivalent to the precession of the magnetic moment in a magnetic field, $\bar{E}\times\bar{\mu}=e\bar{A}$. From here the Lagrangian for the AC-effect is effectively the Lagrangian for the AB-effect, and is due to the vector potential... this is what the dual aspect is.

This is the same mathematical effect (from reading their paper on it):

The action-functional is effectively (ignoring kinetic term) $\bar{v}\cdot \bar{E}\times\bar{\mu}$. But this is equivalent to the precession of the magnetic moment in a magnetic field, $\bar{E}\times\bar{\mu}=e\bar{A}$ (a paper of Kan and Koh, 1992, actually explains this in great detail). From here the Lagrangian for the AC-effect is effectively the Lagrangian for the AB-effect, and is due to the vector potential... this is what the dual aspect is.

Clarification: In fact, their paper came across this effect by simply manipulating the view of the AB-effect in the case of a solenoid (the standard example). A solenoid can be represented as a bunch of magnetic moments lined up, and this is what they do to get the AC-effect. They explicitly attribute this to the vector potential, quote, "Is it possible to generate a situation in which a neutral particle exhibits the A-B effect? We will show that this is indeed possible and is actually a necessary consequence of the physics described by Eq. (1)." Equation 1 here is the standard Lagrangian for particle motion, and involves the vector potential (that is how you get a potential term in the Lagrangian).

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Chris Gerig
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I believe this to have the same mathematical effect (from reading their paper on it):
The action-functional is effectively (ignoring kinetic term) $\bar{v}\cdot \bar{E}\times\bar{\mu}$. But this is equivalent to the precession of the magnetic moment in a magnetic field, $\bar{E}\times\bar{\mu}=e\bar{A}$. From here the Lagrangian for the AC-effect is effectively the Lagrangian for the AB-effect, and is due to the vector potential... this is what the dual aspect is.