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Tai Tsun Wu and Yang Chen-Ning theorized a non-abelian form of this effect that lacks time-reversal symmetry. In 2022, Chris Overstreet et al. used interferometry to experimentally observe a gravitational analog of this effect. In the Little-Parks effect, the BCS condensate experiences this other effect, causing the superconducting critical temperature to vary. In a gauge-invariant equation describing this effect, action over (*) h bar equals q over h bar c times the magnetic flux. This effect (-5[1])is a special case of a holonomy named for Berry that is produced by cyclic adiabatic (-5[1])processes. The magnitude of this effect is proportional to the line integral of the vector potential, which is sometimes argued to have physical significance (10[1])due to this effect. For 10 points, name this effect in which particles pick up a phase as they move through a region with no electric (10[1])or magnetic field. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Aharonov-Bohm effect [or Ehrenberg–Siday–Aharonov–Bohm effect; accept non-abelian Aharonov-Bohm effect; accept gravitational Aharonov-Bohm effect; accept Aharonov–Bohm solenoid effect; prompt on Berry phase or geometric phase before “Berry”]
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Jananan ArulseelanThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeTensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken74-5
Ishan JoshiRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan QuizbowlersYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit90-5
Colin VeeversCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole countryas rational as the square root of two power bottoms11410
Benjamin ChapmanSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha14010
Caleb OttTensei Shitara Flashcard Data KenThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange1440
Liam KusalikYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers14410

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