Analysis of spatial resolution of an experiment on verification of the equivalence principle for a neutron by the diffraction method


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Investigations of the spatial resolution of a setup for verification of the equivalence of inertial and gravitational masses of a neutron by the method of diffraction in a perfect crystal have been performed. Tests were conducted at Bragg angles of 74°–82°. A decrease in spatial resolution at Bragg angles >78° is detected.

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V. V. Voronin

Konstantinov Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute; Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University; St. Petersburg State University

Email: semenikhin_sy@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, Leningrad oblast, 188300; St. Petersburg, 195251; St. Petersburg, 199034

Ya. A. Berdnikov

Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University

Email: semenikhin_sy@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 195251

A. Ya. Berdnikov

Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University

Email: semenikhin_sy@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 195251

Yu. P. Braginets

Konstantinov Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute; Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University

Email: semenikhin_sy@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, Leningrad oblast, 188300; St. Petersburg, 195251

I. A. Kuznetsov

Konstantinov Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute

Email: semenikhin_sy@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, Leningrad oblast, 188300

M. V. Lasitsa

Konstantinov Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute; Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University

Email: semenikhin_sy@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, Leningrad oblast, 188300; St. Petersburg, 195251

S. Yu. Semenikhin

Konstantinov Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute

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Email: semenikhin_sy@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, Leningrad oblast, 188300

V. V. Fedorov

Konstantinov Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute; Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University; St. Petersburg State University

Email: semenikhin_sy@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, Leningrad oblast, 188300; St. Petersburg, 195251; St. Petersburg, 199034

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