Comparison of electron and neutron compton scattering from entangled protons in a solid polymer

Area of Science:

• * Condensed Matter Physics
• * Quantum Mechanics
• * Materials Science

Background:

• * Electron (ECS) and neutron (NCS) Compton scattering are established techniques for probing particle momentum distributions.
• * Previous studies, particularly with NCS on liquid water, indicated an
• Purpose of the Study
• Main Methods
• Main Results
• Conclusions

Purpose of the Study:

• * To directly compare electron (ECS) and neutron (NCS) Compton scattering results for protons in a solid polymer.
• * To investigate the
• Main Methods
• Main Results
• Conclusions

Main Methods:

• * Conducting electron Compton scattering (ECS) experiments on a solid polymer.
• * Performing neutron Compton scattering (NCS) experiments on the same solid polymer.
• * Analyzing and comparing the momentum distributions of hydrogen (protons) obtained from both techniques.

Main Results:

• * Excellent agreement was observed between the momentum distributions of hydrogen derived from ECS and NCS.
• * A significant "anomalous" shortfall in proton scattering intensity, ranging from 20% to 50%, was detected in both ECS and NCS experiments.
• * The observed effect is consistent across different momentum transfer values.

Conclusions:

• * The findings provide direct, corroborating evidence for the anomalous scattering intensity shortfall in protons.
• * This phenomenon, observed in both liquid water and solid polymers, is further ascribed to attosecond quantum entanglement of protons.
• * The characteristic collision times for electron-proton and neutron-proton interactions are in the subfemtosecond range.