BARC/PUB/2004/0368

 
 

Interfering with the neutron spin

 
     
 
Author(s)

Wagh, A. G.; Rakhecha, V. V.
(SSPD)

Source

Pramana-Journal of Physics, 2004. Vol. 63 (1): pp. 51-56

ABSTRACT

Charge neutrality, a spin ½ and an associated magnetic moment of the neutron make it an ideal probe of quantal spinor evolutions. Polarized neutron interferometry in magnetic field Hamiltonians has thus scored several firsts such as direct verification of Pauli anticommutation, experimental separation of geometric and dynamical phases and observation of non-cyclic amplitudes and phases. This paper provides a flavour of the physics learnt from such experiments.

 
 
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