Effect of Earth's Rotation on the Quantum Mechanical Phase of the Neutron

S. A. Werner; J. -L. Staudenmann; R. Colella

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.42.1103

Effect of Earth's Rotation on the Quantum Mechanical Phase of the Neutron

S. A. Werner, J. -L. Staudenmann, and R. Colella

Phys. Rev. Lett. 42, 1103 – Published 23 April 1979

Abstract

Using a neutron interferometer of the type first developed by Bonse and Hart for x rays, we have observed the effect of Earth's rotation on the phase of the neutron wave function. This experiment is the quantum mechanical analog of the optical interferometry observations of Michelson, Gale, and Pearson.