Aharonov-Bohm new quantum effect and the photon mass

Authors

  • Jesús Quintero Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Venezuela
  • Gianfranco Spavieri Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela

Keywords:

Aharonov-Bohm effect, Proca’s equations, photon mass

Abstract

Proca equations foresee the possibility of a nonzero photon mass. In this context of electrodynamics of finite range, the approaches used to determine the mass of the photon, or its upper limits, are traditionally based on classical methods. In this paper, we present a brief overview of the latest experimental methods that are based on a quantum approach. It is shown that quantum approaches can compete and even surpass traditional methods.

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Author Biographies

Jesús Quintero, Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Venezuela

Postgrado en F´ısica Matem´atica, Decanato de Ciencias y Tecnolog´ıa, Universidad Centroccidental “Lisandro
Alvarado” 

Gianfranco Spavieri, Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela

Centro de F´ısica Fundamental, Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de los Andes, M´erida 5101, Venezuela

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Publicaciones en Ciencias y Tecnologia Vol 5 nro 2 año 2011

Published

2011-11-20

How to Cite

[1]
J. Quintero and G. Spavieri, “Aharonov-Bohm new quantum effect and the photon mass”, Publ.Cienc.Tecnol, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 53-62, Nov. 2011.

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2011): July-December

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Research Article

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