https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2008-00142-y
The Maxwell-Lodge effect: significance of electromagnetic potentials in the classical theory
1
Université de Nice - Sophia Antipolis, Laboratoire Jean-Alexandre Dieudonné,
UMR 6621 CNRS-UNSA, Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice Cedex 02, France
2
Université de Nice – Sophia Antipolis, Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée,
UMR 6622 CNRS-UNSA, Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice Cedex 2,
France
Corresponding author: a Germain.Rousseaux@unice.fr
Received:
21
March
2008
Published online:
23
July
2008
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.
PACS: 03.50.De – Classical electromagnetism, Maxwell equations
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