A bound state model of the electric Aharonov-Bohm effect

Abstract

It is shown how the electric form of the Aharonov-Bohm effect can be demonstrated using a very simple one dimensional bound state model system. The measurable effects of an inaccessible field in such a model are examined and the results of some explicit calculations are given. Their bearing on the question of the localization of electromagnetic causation in quantum mechanics is discussed.