Index of refraction of gases for matter waves: effect of the motion of the gas particles on the calculation of the index

Details Index of refraction of gases for matter waves: effect of the motion of the gas particles on the calculation of the index Index of refraction of gases for matter waves: effect of the motion of the gas particles on the calculation of the index

2007-11-09

arxiv.org/abs/0711.1419v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

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10.1103/PhysRevA.77.013621

Two different formulae relating the index of refraction $n$ of gases for atom waves to the scattering amplitude have been published. We show here that these two formulae are not consistent with the definition of the total scattering cross-section while the formula developed by one of us (C.C.) in her thesis is in agreement with this standard knowledge. We discuss this result, in particular in the neutron case for which such an index was first introduced. We finally evaluate the index of refraction as a function of well known quantities and we discuss the order of magnitude of the ratio of $(n-1)/n_t$, where $n_t$ is the gas density.

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