Manipulation of gravitational quantum states of a bouncing neutron with the GRANIT spectrometer

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Manipulation of gravitational quantum states of a bouncing neutron with the GRANIT spectrometer
المؤلفون: Clément, Benoit, Baeßler, Stefan, Nesvizhevsky, Valery V., Perry, Emily, Pignol, Guillaume, Pioquinto, Jason A., Protasov, Konstantin V., Rebreyend, Dominique, Roulier, Damien, Shen, Lingnan, Strelkov, Alexander V., Vezzu, Francis
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Quantum Physics
مصطلحات موضوعية: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Quantum Physics
الوصف: The bouncing neutron is one of the rare system where gravity can be studied in a quantum framework. To this end it is crucial to be able to select some specific gravitational quantum state (GQS). The GRANIT apparatus is the first physics experiment connected to a superthermal helium UCN source. We report on the methods developed for this instrument showing how specific GQS can be favored using a step between mirrors and an absorbing slit. We explore the increase of GQS separation efficiency by increasing the absorber roughness amplitude, and find it is feasible but requires a high adjustment precision. We also quantify the transmission of the absorbing slit leading to a measurement of the spatial extension of the neutron vertical wave function $z_0 = \hbar^{2/3}\left(2m^2g\right)^{-1/3} = 5.9\pm0.3\,\mu$m.
Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
الوصول الحر: http://arxiv.org/abs/2205.11130Test
رقم الانضمام: edsarx.2205.11130
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv