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Phys. Rev. Lett. 34, 1472–1474 (1975)

Observation of Gravitationally Induced Quantum Interference

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R. Colella and A. W. Overhauser
Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907

S. A. Werner
Scientific Research Staff, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan 48121

Received 14 April 1975; published in the issue dated 9 June 1975

We have used a neutron interferometer to observe the quantum-mechanical phase shift of neutrons caused by their interaction with Earth's gravitational field.

© 1975 The American Physical Society

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.34.1472
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.34.1472
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Comment: Lorne A. Page, Effect of Earth's Rotation in Neutron Interferometry, Phys. Rev. Lett. 35, 543 (1975).