The effect of collisions with the wall on neutron-antineutron transitions

Abstract

We examine what role do collisions with the wall play in neutron-antineutron transitions. The collision time for $n$ and $\bar{n}$ and the phase difference between reflected $n$ and $\bar{n}$ waves are calculated. It is shown that transitions inside the wall are negligible.

7 pages, no figures, v5: additional remarks on wave packets formalism are added in the Conclusions

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