Crystal-like structures

On associations of noninteracting particles (crystal-like neutron structures)

L. A. Rivlin

Moscow State Institute of Radio-Engineering, Electronics and Automation (Technical University)

Abstract: We discuss the physical feasibility of association of particles noninteracting with each other, which arises in accordance with the uncertainty relation under the "corporate" spatial confinement of the particle ensemble as a whole. Investigation is conducted by the example of an ensemble of ultracold neutrons placed in a common potential well of infinite depth. We present quantitative estimates and indicate the expected properties of the arising crystal-like spatially periodic structures.

Keywords: quantum nucleonics, ultracold neutrons, laser methods of production of ultracold neutrons, neutron associations, and neutrons in the potential well of infinite depth.

PACS: 14.20.Dh, 61.44.-n

Received: 27.03.2011
Revised: 06.12.2011

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 2012, 42:2, 181–184

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