Comment on ``Quantum Phase of Induced Dipoles Moving in a Magnetic Field''

Abstract

It has recently been suggested that an Aharonov-Bohm phase should be capable of detection using beams of neutral polarizable particles. A more careful analysis of the proposed experiment suffices to show, however, that it cannot be performed regardless of the strength of the external electric and magnetic fields.

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