Published February 21, 1983 | Version v1
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Direct measurement of the longitudinal coherence length of a thermal neutron beam

Creators

  • 1. Physics Department and Research Reactor Facility, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211

Description

When a series of aluminum slabs are placed in one leg of a perfect-silicon-crystal neutron interferometer, a continuous and significant loss of contrast is observed. This observation is interpreted as being due to the finite length of the neutron wave packets

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Volume
50
Journal Issue
8
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
560-563
ISSN
0031-9007

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
14780661
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ALUMINIUM; AMPLITUDES; COHERENCE LENGTH; INTERFEROMETRY; NEUTRON BEAMS; SILICON; THERMAL NEUTRONS; WAVE PACKETS
Descriptors DEC
BARYONS; BEAMS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; FERMIONS; HADRONS; METALS; NEUTRONS; NUCLEON BEAMS; NUCLEONS; PARTICLE BEAMS; SEMIMETALS