The acceleration of a neutron in a static electric field

Stanley A. Bruce, M. D. Campos, Joaquín F. Díaz-Valdés

Stanley A. Bruce, Joaquín F. Díaz-Valdés

Vinod Prasad, Chanchal Yadav, Brijender Dahiya

Apoorva G. Wagh, Veer Chand Rakhecha

Using the energy and canonical momentum conservation, we delineate the acceleration of neutrons in uniform electric and magnetic fields, first enunciated by Anandan. We determine bounds of the velocity change, made cumulative by reversing the electric field periodically in space. We show that the acceleration is observable in an interference experiment, disproving claims to the contrary made by Casella and Werner.

R. Simonovits, H. Mitter

Russell C. Casella

An experiment, analogous to that of Cimmino et al., is proposed to measure the phase shift induced by static electric fields on the passage of neutrons through an interferometer when the path-enclosed linear charge density is zero. A finite shift is predicted and discussed in light of the Aharonov-Casher result.