Tag Archive for 'Aharonov-Bohm effect'

To confirm the presence of non-Abelian gauge fields, Yang et al produced interference patterns (top) and a Wilson loop (bottom). Image credit: Yang et al, doi: 10.1126/science.aay3183.

Non-Abelian Gauge Fields Directly Observed for First Time

Sep 10, 2019 by News Staff

After decades of unsuccessful attempts, physicists have directly observed an exotic physical phenomenon called the non-Abelian Aharonov-Bohm effect. The...

No one knows what dark matter is, but this invisible form of matter makes up roughly a quarter of the Universe. Image credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

Dark Monopoles: Theoretical Physicists Propose New Candidate for Dark Matter

Jun 13, 2019 by News Staff

Professor John Terning and Dr. Christopher Verhaaren from the University of California, Davis, have a new candidate for dark matter — a dark monopole...