Effective Mass of Neutrons Diffracting in Crystals
- 15 December 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 57 (24) , 3089-3092
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.57.3089
Abstract
Neutrons propagating in a crystal under diffraction conditions exhibit an effective inertial mass which is lower by 5-6 orders of magnitude than their vacuum rest mass and of both positive and negative sign. This is verified experimentally by measurement of the enormously enhanced deflection of neutrons subjected to a magnetic force while passing through a silicon crystal.Keywords
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