Reply to "comment on 'Role of potentials in the Aharonov-Bohm effect'"

Lev Vaidman*

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Abstract

The preceding Comment challenged my claim that potentials might be just auxiliary mathematical tools and that they are not necessary for explaining physical phenomena. The Comment did not confront my explanation without the potentials of the Aharonov-Bohm effects that appeared in the original article, but stated that I cannot apply this explanation for seven other examples. In my reply, using my method, I provide explanations of one of the examples, show that two other examples are not relevant, and agree that the remaining examples require further analysis. However, I argue that none of the examples provides robust counterexamples to my claim, similar to the original Aharonov-Bohm setups which were explained in my article, so the Comment does not refute my claim.

Original languageEnglish
Article number026102
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume92
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 31 Aug 2015

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