Open AccessA classical Hanbury Brown–Twiss experiment with hard X‐rays
Author(s) -
Gluskin E.,
Alp E. E.,
McNulty I.,
Sturhahn W.,
Sutter J.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of synchrotron radiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 99
ISSN - 1600-5775
DOI - 10.1107/s090904959900268x
Subject(s) - physics , synchrotron radiation , coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) , spatial coherence , photon , synchrotron , optics , beam (structure) , radiation , positron , nuclear physics , computational physics , quantum mechanics , electron
The classical Hanbury Brown–Twiss experiment has been conducted with hard X‐ray synchrotron radiation at the Advanced Photon Source. The measured spatial coherence area of the X‐ray beam is in good agreement with the prediction based on the vertical positron beam size.