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Ultracold Neutrons Exhibit Quantum States in the Earth’s Gravitational Field

Bertram M. Schwarzschild

Published Mar 1, 2002• 10 citations

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Abstract

Quantization imposes a lower limit on the energy of a neutron trapped in a gravitational potential well.

DOI: 10.1063/1.1472382

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