How to measure the wave-function absolute squared of a moving particle by using mirrors
Quantum Physics
2007-06-19 v2
Abstract
We consider a slow particle with wave function , moving freely in some direction. A mirror is briefly switched on around a time and its position is scanned. It is shown that the measured reflection probability then allows the determination of . Experimentally available atomic mirrors should make this method applicable to the center-of-mass wave function of atoms with velocities in the cm/s range.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0607098,
title = {How to measure the wave-function absolute squared of a moving particle by using mirrors},
author = {Volker Hannstein and Gerhard C. Hegerfeldt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0607098},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 pages, 5 figures