The underlying mechanism of the Aharonov–Bohm effect is the coupling of the electromagnetic potential with the complex phase of a charged particle's wave function.
Notes on verification
Statement matches mainstream physics consensus and is corroborated by multiple independent sources including peer-reviewed/arXiv literature and encyclopedic references, though minority alternative interpretations exist. [tier=silver indep_score=0.925 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Aharonov–Bohm effect (wikipedia)
- https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.06697 (corroboration)
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.07018 (corroboration)
- https://handwiki.org/wiki/Physics:Aharonov%E2%80%93Bohm_effect (corroboration)