What is the state of a hydrogen atom leaving a Stern-Gerlach interferometer?

Authors
Brodsky, K Perales, F Lawson-Daku, JB Mathevet, R Baudon, J Robert, J
Citation
K. Brodsky et al., What is the state of a hydrogen atom leaving a Stern-Gerlach interferometer?, INT J THEOR, 38(1), 1999, pp. 259-276
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS
ISSN journal
00207748 → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
259 - 276
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-7748(199901)38:1<259:WITSOA>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We discuss experimental results on Stern-Gerlach interferometry with atoms. After a theoretical approach suited for fast atoms, we discuss elementary experiments on the preservation of atomic coherence. Then we examine the ac tion of the interferometer as producing atoms with new properties, beaded a toms, and their radiative properties.