Abstract
Flux quanta h/2e relate to a system with electrons circulating at the Larmor rate in their self-field. Quanta h/e are linked by an orbital electron motion circulating at the cyclotron rate in an external magnetic field. The Larmor situation corresponds to a seemingly exact 1-form p=mv-eA of energy-momentum with perfect angular momentum balance between mechanical and field angular momentum. The cyclotron motion, by contrast, relates to a closed 1-form p, and invokes an explicit action exchange with the external field environment.
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Post, E.J. (1995). Larmor and Cyclotron Aspects of Flux Quanta. In: Quantum Reprogramming. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 181. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8410-4_7
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