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Shielded Aharonov-Bohm Electron Experiment

Japan · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1986

Akira Tonomura1986

Tokyo · Science / Physics

Uses electron holography with shielded magnetic flux to demonstrate the Aharonov-Bohm phase shift without electrons entering the magnetic field.

Names involved

Akira Tonomura

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