https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/s10053-022-00526-z
Regular Article – Cold Matter and Quantum Gases
Quantum interference measurement of the free fall of anti-hydrogen
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Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-PSL, Collège de France, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France
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Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, 292 Rue Saint Martin, 75003, Paris, France
Received:
13
May
2022
Accepted:
10
October
2022
Published online:
5
November
2022
We analyze a quantum measurement designed to improve the accuracy for the free-fall acceleration of anti-hydrogen in the GBAR experiment. Including the effect of photo-detachment recoil in the analysis and developing a full quantum analysis of anti-matter wave propagation, we show that the accuracy is improved by approximately three orders of magnitude with respect to the classical timing technique planned for the current experiment.
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