Published March 13, 1997
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Journal article
Measurement of the Wigner function of an ensemble of helium atoms
Description
Beams of atoms can exhibit interference and diffraction phenomena just like waves of light. For a coherent beam of helium atoms in a double-slit experiment, measurements of the quantum-mechanical analogue of the classical phase-space distribution function show that the motion of atoms behave in a strongly non-classical manner. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nature (London)
- Journal Volume
- 386
- Journal Issue
- 6621
- Journal Page Range
- p. 150-153.
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- CODEN
- NATUAS
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 28045947
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- ATOMIC BEAM DIFFRACTION; ATOMIC BEAMS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HELIUM 4; INTERFERENCE; PHASE SPACE; QUANTUM MECHANICS
- Descriptors DEC
- BEAMS; COHERENT SCATTERING; DATA; DIFFRACTION; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HELIUM ISOTOPES; INFORMATION; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MECHANICS; NUCLEI; NUMERICAL DATA; SCATTERING; SPACE; STABLE ISOTOPES