Quantum reflection

Known as: Quantum reflections

Quantum reflection is a physical phenomenon involving the reflection of a matter wave from an attractive potential. In classical mechanics, such a…

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2015

We argue that the phenomenon of vacuum birefringence in strong inhomogeneous electromagnetic fields can be most efficiently…

2014

Liouville transformations map in a rigorous manner one Schrödinger equation into another, with a changed scattering potential…

2013

In this paper we prove that the duals of the quantum reflection groups have the Haagerup property for all $N\ge4$ and $s\in[1…

2012

We study quantum reflection of antihydrogen atoms from nanoporous media due to the Casimir-Polder (CP) potential. Using a simple…

2008

We show that the quantum reflection coefficient of ultracold heavy atoms scattering off a dielectric surface can be tuned in a…

2005

Reflection of waves from a ridged surface is interpreted as the spatial Zeno effect. This interpretation leads to a simple…

2000

1998

We calculate the reflection probability for ultracold sodium atoms incident on an evanescent-wave atomic mirror. For low enough…

1997

We calculate the reflection probability for ultracold atoms incident on an evanescent-wave atomic mirror, and analyze the optimum…

1941

IT has been shown1 that, corresponding to the usual formula, for the classical or unmodified reflection of X-rays, the general…