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Title: On the possibility of measuring the gravitational interaction of the neutron with a macroscopic body

Journal Article · · Physics of Atomic Nuclei
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  1. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics (Russian Federation)

The possibility of experimentally observing the gravitational interaction of the neutron with a macroscopic body is discussed. It is shown that the sensitivity of neutron-optics experiments may be one to two orders of magnitude higher than that which is necessary for observing the gravitational effect. Either the deflection of the neutron trajectory in the gravitational field of a heavy attractor or the gravitation-induced shift of the neutron-wave phase can be recorded experimentally.

OSTI ID:
21449000
Journal Information:
Physics of Atomic Nuclei, Vol. 72, Issue 11; Other Information: DOI: 10.1134/S1063778809110039; Copyright (c) 2009 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; ISSN 1063-7788
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English