Measurement of longitudinal coherence lengths in particle beams

Herbert J. Bernstein; Francis E. Low

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.59.951

Measurement of longitudinal coherence lengths in particle beams

Herbert J. Bernstein and Francis E. Low

Phys. Rev. Lett. 59, 951 – Published 31 August 1987; Erratum Phys. Rev. Lett. 60, 755 (1988)

Abstract

We point out that, on very general grounds, experiments with directionally collimated beams (of neutrons or other particles) incident on passive targets cannot distinguish between their coherent wave-packet structure and the incoherent mixing due, for example, to multiple emitters or to interactions with other particles in the source.

Received 20 May 1987

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.59.951

Erratum

Erratum: Measurement of longitudinal coherence lengths in particle beams [Phys. Rev. Lett. 59, 951 (1987)]

Herbert J. Bernstein and Francis E. Low

Phys. Rev. Lett. 60, 755 (1988)

Authors & Affiliations

Herbert J. Bernstein

School of Natural Science, Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002
Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

Francis E. Low