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A Search for the de Broglie Particle Internal Clock by Means of Electron Channeling

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The particle internal clock conjectured by de Broglie in 1924 was investigated in a channeling experiment using a beam of ∼80 MeV electrons aligned along the 〈110〉 direction of a 1 μm thick silicon crystal. Some of the electrons undergo a rosette motion, in which they interact with a single atomic row. When the electron energy is finely varied, the rate of electron transmission at 0° shows a 8% dip within 0.5% of the resonance energy, 80.874 MeV, for which the frequency of atomic collisions matches the electron’s internal clock frequency. A model is presented to show the compatibility of our data with the de Broglie hypothesis.

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  1. N. Cue

    Present address: Department of Physics, HKUST, Kowloon, Hong Kong

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  1. DAPNIA-CEA/Saclay, 91191, Gif sur Yvette, France

    P. Catillon & L. Roussel

  2. IPNL-IN2P3–CNRS: UMR5822, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon I, France

    N. Cue, M. J. Gaillard, R. Genre, R. G. Kirsch, J.-C. Poizat & J. Remillieux

  3. LAPP-IN2P3–CNRS:UMR5814, Université de Savoie, Annecy-le-Vieux, France

    M. Gouanère & M. Spighel

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Catillon, P., Cue, N., Gaillard, M.J. et al. A Search for the de Broglie Particle Internal Clock by Means of Electron Channeling. Found Phys 38, 659–664 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-008-9225-1

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