Effects of subfemtosecond quantum correlations in neutron scattering on water |
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Authors: | Karlsson Erik B |
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Institution: | Department of Physics, Uppsala University, Box 530, SE-75121 Uppsala, Sweden. |
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Abstract: | Several recent experiments have shown that protons, and to some extent also deuterons, show anomalous cross sections when the neutrons have energies in the range 10-100 eV (this results in a Compton scattering process where an essential part of the energy is transferred to one of the scattering particles). Here, an experiment on partially deuterated water, carried out by Chatzidimitriou-Dreismann et al., is analyzed in terms of a theory, which assumes that during the short duration (<10(-15) s) of this scattering process, protons are exchange correlated and cannot be considered as independent scattering objects. The quantum decoherence time for protons in liquid water is estimated from a simple model for the interaction of the water protons with hydrogen bonds. |
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