Main effects of the Earth's rotation on the stationary states of ultra-cold neutrons
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🪐 quant-ph
gr-qc
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earthenergymainneutronsrotationtermultra-coldangular-momentum
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The relativistic corrections in the Hamiltonian for a particle in a uniformly rotating frame are discussed. They are shown to be negligible in the case of ultra-cold neutrons (UCN) in the Earth's gravity. The effect, on the energy levels of UCN, of the main term due to the Earth's rotation, i.e. the angular-momentum term, is calculated. The energy shift is found proportional to the energy level itself.
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