Decoherence in a two-slit diffraction experiment with massive particles

Matter-wave interferometry has been largely studied in the last few years. Usually, the main problem in the analysis of the diffraction experiments is to establish the causes for the loss of coherence observed in the interference pattern. In this work, we use different type of environmental coupling...

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Autores principales: Villar, P.I., Lombardo, F.C.
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Publicado: 2007
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spelling paperaa:paper_17426588_v67_n1_p_Villar2023-06-12T16:51:11Z Decoherence in a two-slit diffraction experiment with massive particles J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 2007;67(1) Villar, P.I. Lombardo, F.C. Matter-wave interferometry has been largely studied in the last few years. Usually, the main problem in the analysis of the diffraction experiments is to establish the causes for the loss of coherence observed in the interference pattern. In this work, we use different type of environmental couplings to model a two slit diffraction experiment with massive particles. For each model, we study the effects of decoherence on the interference pattern and define a visibility function that measures the loss of contrast of the interference fringes on a distant screen. Finally, we apply our results to the experimental reported data on massive particles C70. © 2007 IOP Publishing Ltd. Fil:Villar, P.I. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Lombardo, F.C. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2007 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_17426588_v67_n1_p_Villar
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description Matter-wave interferometry has been largely studied in the last few years. Usually, the main problem in the analysis of the diffraction experiments is to establish the causes for the loss of coherence observed in the interference pattern. In this work, we use different type of environmental couplings to model a two slit diffraction experiment with massive particles. For each model, we study the effects of decoherence on the interference pattern and define a visibility function that measures the loss of contrast of the interference fringes on a distant screen. Finally, we apply our results to the experimental reported data on massive particles C70. © 2007 IOP Publishing Ltd.
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Decoherence in a two-slit diffraction experiment with massive particles
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title Decoherence in a two-slit diffraction experiment with massive particles
title_short Decoherence in a two-slit diffraction experiment with massive particles
title_full Decoherence in a two-slit diffraction experiment with massive particles
title_fullStr Decoherence in a two-slit diffraction experiment with massive particles
title_full_unstemmed Decoherence in a two-slit diffraction experiment with massive particles
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