Measurement of the Coherent Neutron Scattering Length of ${}^{3}{He}$ by Reflection from a Quartz-Liquid-Helium Interface

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8 April 1974

journal article
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Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 32 (14) , 791-794
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.32.791

Abstract

The real part of the bound-atom coherent neutron scattering length of

{}^{3}{He}

has been measured by comparing the reflectivities of quartz-liquid-

{}^{3}{He}

and quartz-liquid-

{}^{4}{He}

interfaces and has been found to have the value (6.1 ± 0.6) ×

10^{- 13}

cm.

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