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Re: Are mass, charge, and spin topolocial invariants?

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Posted by DickT on July 06, 2003 at 08:11:04:

In Reply to: Re: Are mass, charge, and spin topolocial invariants? posted by Haelfix on July 05, 2003 at 14:16:56:

Haelfix,

Consider the Aharonov-Bohm effect where the magnetic flux inside a solenoid can affect things outside it, and this is explained partly by the fact that the configuration space is not simply connected.

Regards,
Dick

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