• H. T. Schmidt
  • D. Fischer
  • Z. Berenyi
  • C. L. Cocke
  • M. Gudmundsson
  • N. Haag
  • H. A.B. Johansson
  • A. Källberg
  • S. B. Levin
  • P. Reinhed
  • U. Sassenberg
  • R. Schuch
  • A. Simonsson
  • K. Støchkel
  • H. Cederquist

We report the direct observation of interference effects in a Young's double-slit experiment where the interfering waves are two spatially separated components of the de Broglie wave of single 1.3 MeV hydrogen atoms formed close to either target nucleus in H++H2 electron-transfer collisions. Quantum interference strongly influences the results even though the hydrogen atoms have a de Broglie wavelength, λdB, as small as 25 fm.

Original languageEnglish
Article number083201
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume101
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Aug 2008

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