Observation of Gravitationally Induced Quantum Interference

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R. Colella · Purdue University West Lafayette

A. W. Overhauser · Purdue University West Lafayette

S. A. Werner · Purdue University West Lafayette

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We have used a neutron interferometer to observe the quantum-mechanical phase shift of neutrons caused by their interaction with Earth's gravitational field.Received 14 April 1975DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.34.1472©1975 American Physical Society

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Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research

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Published in: Physical Review Letters

Volume 34, Issue 23, pp. 1472-1474

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.34.1472

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