Abstract
The general relativistic interaction of the electric field with the gravitational field may be observable in a charged-particle interferometer containing a suitable arrangement of fields. Observation of the effect in the earth's field would constitute a new laboratory test of the equivalence principle, involving , , , and . The magnitude of the phase shift induced can be comparable to the Colella-Overhauser-Werner phase shift, for electrons.
- Received 7 February 1983
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.50.1730
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