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Ultracold neutrons

Quantum bouncing ball resonates

Nature Physics volume 7, pages 447–448 (2011)Cite this article

Spectroscopic techniques typically probe the interaction between matter and electromagnetic fields. An experiment now demonstrates that transitions between quantum states of neutrons can be brought about by mechanically vibrating a mirror, an approach that may lead to sensitive tests of gravity laws.

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  1. Geoffrey L. Greene is in the Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA, and in the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA.,

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