The Maxwell-Lodge effect: Significance of electromagnetic potentials in the classical theory
The Maxwell-Lodge effect: Significance of electromagnetic potentials in the classical theory
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麦克斯韦-洛奇效应:电磁势在经典理论中的意义
DOI:
10.1140/epjd/e2008-00142-y
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发表时间:
2008
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O. Minazzoli
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作者:
G. Rousseaux;R. Kofman;O. Minazzoli
The Aharonov-Bohm effect has been the starting point of the reconsideration of the reality of the vector potential within quantum physics. We argue that the Maxwell-Lodge effect is its classical equivalent: what is the origin of the electromotive force induced in a coil surrounding a (finite) solenoid fed by an alternative current? We demonstrate theoretically, experimentally and numerically that the effect can be understood using the vector potential while it cannot using only the fields.