Published April 28, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Zero-field and Larmor spinor precessions in a neutron polarimeter experiment

  • 1. Atominstitut der Osterreichischen Universitaeten, Stadionallee 2, A-1020 Vienna (Austria)
  • 2. PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012 (Japan)

Description

We present a neutron polarimetric experiment where two kinds of spinor precessions are observed: one is induced by different total energy of neutrons (zero-field precession) and the other is induced by a stationary guide field (Larmor precession). A characteristic of the former is the dependence of the energy-difference, which is in practice tuned by the frequency of the interacting oscillating magnetic field ωR. In contrast the latter completely depends on the strength of the guide field, namely Larmor frequency ωL. Our neutron-polarimetric experiment exhibits individual tuning as well as specific properties of each spinor precession, which assures the use of both spin precessions for multi-entangled spinor manipulation

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2008.01.070

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physleta.2008.01.070;
arXiv
arXiv:0802.1411v1;
PII
S0375-9601(08)00153-9;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. A
Journal Volume
372
Journal Issue
18
Journal Page Range
p. 3153-3156
ISSN
0375-9601
CODEN
PYLAAG

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40043955
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
LARMOR PRECESSION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NEUTRONS; POLARIMETERS; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; SPIN; TOTAL ENERGY SYSTEMS
Descriptors DEC
ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BARYONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY SYSTEMS; FERMIONS; HADRONS; NUCLEONS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PRECESSION

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