ANOMALOUS DEEP-INELASTIC NEUTRON-SCATTERING FROM LIQUID H2O-D2O - EVIDENCE OF NUCLEAR QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT

Authors
CHATZIDIMITRIOUDREISMANN CA REDAH TA STREFFER RMF MAYERS J
Citation
Ca. Chatzidimitrioudreismann et al., ANOMALOUS DEEP-INELASTIC NEUTRON-SCATTERING FROM LIQUID H2O-D2O - EVIDENCE OF NUCLEAR QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT, Physical review letters, 79(15), 1997, pp. 2839-2842
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
79
Issue
15
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2839 - 2842
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1997)79:15<2839:ADNFLH>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A deep-inelastic (Compton) neutron scattering experiment on H2O-D2O mi xtures at T = 293 K has been carried out. Well-resolved H and D neutro n recoil peaks in the time-of-flight spectra permit the direct determi nation of the ratio Q = sigma(H)/sigma(D) of the H and D total cross s ections. In contrast to every conventional expectation, Q has been obs erved to vary strongly with the K-D composition. This striking effect provides, for the first time, direct evidence for short-lived entangle ment of adjacent protons (deuterons) in condensed matter at room tempe rature.