Green's function analysis of the Neutron Lloyd interferometer
arXiv:2302.11429 · doi:10.1515/zna-2023-0045
Abstract
The neutron optical Lloyd interferometer can serve as a potent experiment for probing fundamental physics beyond the standard models of particles and cosmology. In this article, we provide a full Green's function analysis of a Lloyd interferometer in the limit that the reflecting mirror extends to the screen. We consider two distinct situations: first, we will review the theoretical case of no external fields being present. Subsequently, we will analyze the case in which a gravitational field is acting on the neutrons. The latter case provides the theory necessary for using a Lloyd interferometer as a probe of gravitational fields.
arXiv comment14 pages, 2 figures, as published in Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A
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