A neutron diffraction study of macroscopically entangled proton states in the high temperature phase of the KHCO3 crystal at 340 K

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Fillaux, François ^a   Cousson, Alain ^b   Gutmann, Matthias J ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE LÉON BRILLOUIN   (France)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION PATTERNS; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PROTONS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

DECOHERENCE; MACROSCOPIC PROTON STATES; QUANTUM REGIMES; QUASI ELASTIC NEUTRON SCATTERING; STATE VECTOR;

POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 37249090743     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/01/015225     Document Type: Article

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