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Phys. Rev. Lett. 42, 1103–1106 (1979)

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

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S. A. Werner and J. -L. Staudenmann
Physics Department and Research Reactor Facility, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri 65211

R. Colella
Physics Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907

Received 6 February 1979; published in the issue dated 23 April 1979

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.

© 1979 The American Physical Society

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.42.1103
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.42.1103