Author/Authors :
Fedorov، نويسنده , , V.V. and Kuznetsov، نويسنده , , I.A. and Lapin، نويسنده , , E.G. and Semenikhin، نويسنده , , S.Yu. and Voronin، نويسنده , , V.V.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
The essential magnification of an external affect on neutron diffracting by Laue for the Bragg angles θ B close to right one has been experimentally observed. The factor of diffraction enhancement for the neutron trajectory “curvature” due to external field is proportional to tan 2 θ B and can reach magnitude ∼ 10 8 – 10 9 in comparison with a free neutron. The new method to measure a neutron electric charge and the ratio of inertial to gravitational masses has been proposed. The estimations have shown a feasibility to improve the accuracy of a neutron electric charge measurement by about two orders of magnitude in comparison with the current value and measure the ratio of inertial to gravitational masses with the accuracy about σ ( m i / m G ) ∼ 10 - 6 .
Keywords :
Neutron , diffraction , Electric charge , Perfect crystal , Weak equivalence principle