Neutron Acceleration in Uniform Electromagnetic Fields

Details Neutron Acceleration in Uniform Electromagnetic Fields Neutron Acceleration in Uniform Electromagnetic Fields

1993-01-26

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9301110v1

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

11 pages

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.50.2860

The question as to whether neutron acceleration can occur in uniform electromagnetic fields is examined. Although such an effect has been predicted using the canonical equations of motion some doubt has been raised recently as to whether it is in principle observable for a spin 1/2 particle. To resolve this issue a gedanken experiment is proposed and analyzed using a wave packet construction for the neutron beam. By allowing arbitrary orientation for the neutron spin as well as for the electric and magnetic fields a non vanishing acceleration of the center of the neutron wave packet is found which confirms the predictions of the canonical formalism.

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