TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantum interference effects in slowly rotating nut space-time
AU - Morozova, V. S.
AU - Ahmedov, B. J.
N1 - Funding Information:
V. S. Morozova thanks the IUCAA for warm hospitality during her stay in Pune and AS-ICTP for the travel support. This research is also supported in part by the UzFFR (projects 5-08 and 29-08) and projects FA-F2-F079, FA-F2-F061 and FA-A14-F078 of the UzAS. This work is partially supported by the ICTP through the OEA-PRJ-29 project and the Regular Associateship grant. B. J. Ahmedov acknowledges the partial financial support from NATO through the reintegration grant EAP.RIG.981259.
PY - 2009/1
Y1 - 2009/1
N2 - General relativistic quantum interference effects in a slowly rotating NUT space-time, such as the Sagnac effect and the phase shift effect of interfering particles in a neutron interferometer, are considered. It was found that in the case of the Sagnac effect, the influence of the NUT parameter is becoming important due to the fact that the angular velocity of the locally nonrotating observer must be larger than the one in the Kerr space-time. In the case of neutron interferometry, it is found that due to the presence of the NUT parameter, an additional term in the phase shift of interfering particles emerges. This term can be, in principle, detected by a sensitive interferometer and the derived results could be further used in experiments to detect the gravitomagnetic charge. Finally, as an example, we apply the obtained results to the calculation of the UCN (ultra-cold neutrons) energy level modification in a slowly rotating NUT space-time.
AB - General relativistic quantum interference effects in a slowly rotating NUT space-time, such as the Sagnac effect and the phase shift effect of interfering particles in a neutron interferometer, are considered. It was found that in the case of the Sagnac effect, the influence of the NUT parameter is becoming important due to the fact that the angular velocity of the locally nonrotating observer must be larger than the one in the Kerr space-time. In the case of neutron interferometry, it is found that due to the presence of the NUT parameter, an additional term in the phase shift of interfering particles emerges. This term can be, in principle, detected by a sensitive interferometer and the derived results could be further used in experiments to detect the gravitomagnetic charge. Finally, as an example, we apply the obtained results to the calculation of the UCN (ultra-cold neutrons) energy level modification in a slowly rotating NUT space-time.
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U2 - 10.1142/S0218271809014352
DO - 10.1142/S0218271809014352
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:65249130587
SN - 0218-2718
VL - 18
SP - 107
EP - 118
JO - International Journal of Modern Physics D
JF - International Journal of Modern Physics D
IS - 1
ER -