Abstract
During the last two decades more than 35 fundamental quantum interference experiments have been performed using the perfect-silicon-crystal neutron interferometer. About one-half of these experiments have been carried out at the University of Missouri Research Reactor Center (MURR). In this paper we describe in some detail the instrumentation and the neutron optics of the two neutron interferometry setups currently situated at this 10 MW reactor.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 392-419 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| Journal | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment |
| Volume | 412 |
| Issue number | 2-3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 1 1998 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
The success of the work described in this paper depended greatly upon the skilled workmanship of Clifford Holmes and his staff at the Missouri Physics Machine Shop. The contributions of Dr. Helmut Kaiser to this program over many years have been extremely significant. This work supported by the US NSF Physics Division, research grant # 9603559. KCL received additional support through the United States Department of Education. BEA would like to acknowledge support from an Australian Research Council grant during the writing of this paper.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| National Science Foundation | 9603559 |
| Australian Research Council |
Keywords
- Neutron interferometry
- Neutron optics
- Neutron polarization
- Quantum optics