Daniel C. Cole

Department of Manufacturing Engineering, 15 St. Mary's Street, 
Boston University, Brookline, Massachusetts 02446.

"Conventional quantum physics regarding Boyer's classical understanding
of the Aharonov-Bohm effect, and the relation of this work to a 
broader view of quantum theory"


Abstract: 

A brief description will be given on the likely reasons why 
Prof. Timothy Boyer's explanations involving the Aharonov-Bohm 
(AB) effect, as arising from a classical lag effect, have typically
been immediately rejected by conventional quantum physicists without 
experimental examination. This talk will then move on to a broader 
classical theory of nature, usually referred to as stochastic electrodynamics 
(SED). SED was pioneered and explored in depth by Boyer and others.
Possibly within this context, the classical understanding of the AB effect 
seems much more naturally guided. However, SED has much further to 
proceed before it can be declared as being physically correct, while the 
classical lag explanation of AB can be tested and confirmed or denied 
within the near future.

If time and interest allows, some computer simulations of SED modeling 
hydrogen will be shown as part of the above talk.