Timeline for Is there a mathematical explanation for the Aharonov-Casher effect?
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| Jul 17, 2012 at 16:51 | comment | added | Chris Gerig | We were just clarifying that regardless of the E- or B-field, the magnetic moment will interact (or the charge will interact, depending on which particle we're considering). "Reference frame" in that sense wasn't meaning move at a speed (which is what I originally thought when he made the comment, and then said 'sorry' after). | |
| Jul 17, 2012 at 9:49 | comment | added | Dmitri Pavlov | @Chris: How can this be reconciled with Konrad's claim (to which you apparently agreed) that being electrically charged or having a magnetic moment depends on the reference frame? | |
| Jul 17, 2012 at 4:43 | history | edited | Chris Gerig | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 17, 2012 at 0:59 | comment | added | Chris Gerig | No, because the particle will never gain a charge... | |
| Jul 16, 2012 at 23:53 | comment | added | Dmitri Pavlov | But it's still merely a choice of the reference frame, isn't it? Won't an observer moving at relativistic speeds observe AB effect as AC and vice versa? | |
| Jul 16, 2012 at 21:53 | comment | added | Chris Gerig | No, the math is the same, the physics is different. The topological phase comes about due to the vector potential A mathematically, but this achieved in two different ways... One via an electric charge, one via a magnetic moment. | |
| Jul 16, 2012 at 13:52 | comment | added | Dmitri Pavlov | I wonder why physicists would make such a big deal out of it (and write several papers about it) if it is merely a change in the coordinate system. In particular, I don't understand why a mere change in the coordinate system would require an independent experimental confirmation, as claimed in this article, for example: atomwave.org/rmparticle/ao%20refs/… | |
| Jul 15, 2012 at 22:55 | history | answered | Chris Gerig | CC BY-SA 3.0 |