Abstract
It is pointed out that accounts in the literature sometimes misinterpret the Aharonov-Bohm effect, involving the shift in interference pattern for electrons passing a long solenoid. The quantum description and experimental verification of the effect are reviewed, and it is emphasized that both theory and experiment indicate that there is no deflection of the average momentum of the electrons passing the solenoid. There is no average force on the electrons due to the solenoid. It is remarked that the Aharonov-Bohm effect involves the shift of double-slit interference fringes which is independent of the quantum unit of action ħ and yet allows a natural classical limit.
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