Aharonov-Bohm: fringe shift from a flux line
What you are seeing: a solenoid (orange dot) sits between the two paths of a double-slit interferometer. Even though outside the solenoid, the electron wavefunction picks up a phase around the closed loop, shifting the fringes. The shift is exactly one fringe per flux quantum .
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- Vary each control and watch the rail readouts respond.
- Compare the diagnostic plot against the live scene.