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Study of the neutron spin-orbit interaction in silicon
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, , , , , Donald D. Koetke, Murray Peshkin, Thomas Dombeck, Paul Nord, Dimitry A. Pushin, Robert Smither
Abstract
The neutron spin-orbit interaction, which results from the interaction of a moving neutron's magnetic dipole moment (MDM) with the atomic electric elds, induces a small rotation of the neutron's spin in one Bragg re ection. In our experiment neutrons undergo on the order of 100 successive Bragg re ections o the walls of a slot cut into a perfect silicon crystal to amplify the spin rotation. Here we report a measurement polarization rotation from multiple Bragg re ections. From these measurements, we determined the average atomic electric eld sensed by the neutron during Bragg scattering from silicon.Citation
Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics)
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Journals
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Keywords
neutron scattering, neutron optics, Magnetic Dipole Moment
Created September 30, 2019, Updated January 7, 2020