Direct experimental evidence of free fermion antibunching

M. Iannuzzi; A. Orecchini; F. Sacchetti; P. Facchi; S. Pascazio

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.080402

Direct experimental evidence of free fermion antibunching

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Authors: M. Iannuzzi , A. Orecchini , F. Sacchetti , P. Facchi , S. Pascazio

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Abstract

Fermion antibunching was observed on a beam of free noninteracting neutrons. A monochromatic beam of thermal neutrons was first split by a graphite single crystal, then fed to two detectors, displaying a reduced coincidence rate. The result is a fermionic complement to the Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect for photons.

Keywords

fermion antibunching free neutrons Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect coincidence measurement

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0509131,
  title  = {Direct experimental evidence of free fermion antibunching},
  author = {M. Iannuzzi and A. Orecchini and F. Sacchetti and P. Facchi and S. Pascazio},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0509131},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures

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