A coincidence experiment of two coherent beams of thermal neutrons

Foundations of Physics Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-9

  Iannuzzi, M ^a   Merlo, V ^a   Paciaroni, A ^b   Petrillo, C ^b   Sacchetti, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Quantum mechanics; Thermal neutrons; Wavefunction interpretation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042184088     PISSN: 08949875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007799317874     Document Type: Article

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