Speaker
Mr
Martin Thalhammer
(Atominstitut TU-Wien)
Description
One class of gravity experiments within the qBounce project focuses on
the realization of a Quantum Bouncing Ball, i.e. a measurement of the
time evolution of a neutron bouncing above a horizontal plane.
We have measured, the spatial probability distribution of this Schrödinger wave packet for different observation times with a spatial resolution of about 1.8μm.
We illustrate the role of interference weaving the quantum carpet of
several quantum states. After a first quantum reflection, several
snapshots show the fall of the wave packet.
Primary author
Mr
Martin Thalhammer
(Atominstitut TU-Wien)
Co-authors
Hartmut Abele
(Atominstitut)
Dr
Peter Geltenbort
(Institut Laue-Langevin)
Dr
Tobias Jenke
(Universitätsassistent)
Mr
Tobias Rechberger
(Atominstitut, TU Wien)
