Measurement of quantum states of neutrons in the Earth’s gravitational field

V. V. Nesvizhevsky; H. G. Börner; A. M. Gagarski; A. K. Petoukhov; G. A. Petrov; H. Abele; S. Baeßler; G. Divkovic; F. J. Rueß; Th. Stöferle; A. Westphal; A. V. Strelkov; K. V. Protasov; A. Yu. Voronin

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.67.102002

Measurement of quantum states of neutrons in the Earth’s gravitational field

V. V. Nesvizhevsky, H. G. Börner, A. M. Gagarski, A. K. Petoukhov, G. A. Petrov, H. Abele, S. Baeßler, G. Divkovic, F. J. Rueß, Th. Stöferle, A. Westphal, A. V. Strelkov, K. V. Protasov, and A. Yu. Voronin

Phys. Rev. D 67, 102002 – Published 13 May 2003

Abstract

The lowest stationary quantum state of neutrons in the Earth’s gravitational field is identified in the measurement of neutron transmission between a horizontal mirror on the bottom and an absorber/scatterer on top. Such an assembly is not transparent for neutrons if the absorber height is smaller than the “height” of the lowest quantum state.

Received 1 November 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.67.102002

Authors & Affiliations

V. V. Nesvizhevsky^1,*, H. G. Börner¹, A. M. Gagarski², A. K. Petoukhov^1,2, G. A. Petrov², H. Abele³, S. Baeßler^3,7, G. Divkovic³, F. J. Rueß³, Th. Stöferle³, A. Westphal³, A. V. Strelkov⁴, K. V. Protasov⁵, and A. Yu. Voronin^6,5

¹ILL, Grenoble, France
²PNPI, Gatchina, Russia
³University of Heidelberg, Germany
⁴JINR, Dubna, Russia
⁵ISN, Grenoble, France
⁶FIAN, Moscow, Russia
⁷University of Mainz, Germany

^*Corresponding author. Email address: nesvizhevsky@ill.fr

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