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Precision Neutron Inferferometric Search for Evidence of Nuclear Quantum Entanglement in Liquid H{sub 2} O-D{sub 2}O Mixtures

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri-Columbia (UMC), Columbia, Missouri 65211 (United States)
  2. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899 (United States)
  3. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
  4. Berlin Neutron Scattering Center, Hahn-Meitner-Institut, Glienicker Strasse 100, 14109, Berlin (Germany)
A wavelength independent neutron interferometry technique has been applied to measure the scattering length densities Nb of liquid mixtures of H{sub 2}O-D{sub 2} O near room temperature. The experimental data have been compared to the conventional theory based on two separate liquids, with no deviations greater than 0.4{percent} observed. These results are not consistent with the predicted deviations due to quantum entanglement between protons and deuterons, which are at least an order of magnitude larger than our measured values. {copyright} {ital 1999} {ital The American Physical Society}
OSTI ID:
328589
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 82; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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