Comment on ``Quantum Phase of Induced Dipoles Moving in a Magnetic Field''

C. R. Hagen

Published 1996-01-02Version 1

It has recently been suggested that an Aharonov-Bohm phase should be capable of detection using beams of neutral polarizable particles. A more careful analysis of the proposed experiment suffices to show, however, that it cannot be performed regardless of the strength of the external electric and magnetic fields.