Neutron interferometry in a rotating frame of reference
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The physical basis for the description of phenomena by a rotating observer is investigated. A simple, yet tentative, extension of the hypothesis of locality is used to determine the interference phase shift induced by the rotation of a neutron interferometer. The result consists of the Sagnac term, which is due to the coupling of the orbital angular momentum of the neutron with the rotation of the frame, and a new term which arises from a similar coupling because of the neutron spin. The latter effect is generally smaller than the Sagnac phase shift by the ratio of de Broglie wavelength of the neutron to the dimension of the interferometer. The possibility of detecting the new effect is briefly discussed.
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The spin-orbit Lagrangian has the form of the Coriolis term in systems with intrinsic angular momentum.
“This Lagrangian has the form of the Coriolis term in systems with intrinsic angular momentum [64 -67].”
From Geometrodynamics of polarized light: Berry phase and spin Hall effect in a gradient-index medium (2009) · cites this paper as [67]
The spin-orbit interaction of light and spin-to-orbit conversion of angular momentum, which can be associated with the spin Hall effect, occurs upon scattering of polarized plane waves on various non-planar objects, such as lenses or small scatterers, or in inhomogeneous anisotropic media.
“Finally, the spin-orbit interaction of light and spin-to-orbit conversion of the angular momentum (which can be associated with the spin Hall effect) occurs upon the scattering of polarized plane waves on various non-planar objects, such as lenses or small scatterers, or in inhomogeneous anisotropic media [67,145 -152].”
From Geometrodynamics of polarized light: Berry phase and spin Hall effect in a gradient-index medium (2009) · cites this paper as [67]
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- Authors
- Mashhoon, B.
- Affiliations
- University of Missouri (US)
- Corresponding author
- Mashhoon, Bahram
- ORCID
- Mashhoon, Bahram
- Venue
- Physical Review Letters
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 1988-12-05
- Volume
- 61
- Issue
- 23
- Pages
- 2639-2642
- ISSN
- 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2018997011
- Cited by
- 323
- References
- 9
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- FWCI
- 2.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Physical Review Letters (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- MOspace Institutional Repository (University of Missouri) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Mechanics and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Radiation › Nuclear Physics and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Relativity and Gravitational Theory
- Keywords
- neutron interferometry, rotating frame, Sagnac phase shift, rotating observers
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