NEUTRON TUNNELING AND NEUTRON LIFETIME IN A NI-V-NI FABRY-PEROT THIN-FILM RESONATOR

Authors
MAAZA M PARDO B CHAUVINEAU JP RAYNAL A MENELLE A BRIDOU F
Citation
M. Maaza et al., NEUTRON TUNNELING AND NEUTRON LIFETIME IN A NI-V-NI FABRY-PEROT THIN-FILM RESONATOR, Physics letters. A, 223(3), 1996, pp. 145-148
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03759601
Volume
223
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
145 - 148
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(1996)223:3<145:NTANLI>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Observations are reported on the appearance of frustrated total reflec tion, i.e. the tunnelling phenomenon, with cold neutron wave-particles . This tunnelling resonance was observed in a thin film Ni-V-Ni Fabry- Perot cavity by time of flight grazing angle neutron reflectometry. Th is frustrated total reflection phenomenon was used to estimate the neu tron lifetime, which varies from approximately 0.1 to 1 mu s.