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The effect of long-range interaction of metastable hydrogen atoms with a metal surface is experimentally studied. The suggested experimental scheme uses the interaction as a component of an atomic interferometer. Qualitative and quantitative estimates of the atom-surface interaction are obtained for various experimental designs.
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Received 9 January 2002 / Received in final form 8 April 2002 Published online 28 June 2002
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Sokolov, Y., Yakovlev, V., Pal'chikov, V. et al. Long-range atom-metal-surface interaction and interference of atomic states. Eur. Phys. J. D 20, 27–36 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2002-00113-4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2002-00113-4