Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
2005-12-16
Phys.Rev. D73 (2006) 044029
Physics
Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.73.044029
We study theoretically the quantum motion of a neutron in a horizontal wave-guide in the gravitational field of the Earth. The wave-guide in question is equipped with a mirror below and a rough absorber above. We show that such a system acts as a quantum filter, i.e. it effectively absorbs quantum states with sufficiently high transversal energy but transmits low-energy states. The states transmitted are mainly determined by the potential well formed by the gravitational field of the Earth and the mirror. The formalism developed for quantum motion in an absorbing wave-guide is applied to the description of the recent experiment on the observation of the quantum states of neutrons in the Earth's gravitational field.
Abele Hartmut
Baessler St.
Nesvizhevsky Valery V.
Petukhov Alexander K.
Protasov K. V.
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