= Yakir Aharonov
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<Yakir Aharonov> and <David Bohm> showed how <scalar potentials> and <vector potentials> can affect <quantum interference> even when a charged particle travels through a region with vanishing <magnetic field>. In the ideal magnetic arrangement, two paths enclose a confined <magnetic flux> $\Phi$, and their relative <quantum phase> changes by $q\Phi/\hbar$ for charge $q$. This makes the observable interference shift sensitive to the enclosed flux and the geometry of the paths, rather than only the local magnetic force along either path.<Significance of Electromagnetic Potentials in the Quantum Theory by Yakir Aharonov and David Bohm>[Magnetic interference arrangement and phase shift]{ref}
A <physicist> researching <quantum theory> and the <Aharonov-Bohm effect>.<Dr. Yakir Aharonov>[Biography: professor of theoretical physics; Institute for Quantum Studies directorship]{ref}
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