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| author | Löffler, Stefan Schattschneider, Peter |
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| contents | Elastic electron scattering is one of the primary means of investigating materials on the atomic scale. It is usually described by modeling the sample as a fixed, static, perturbative potential, thereby completely neglecting the quantum nature of the atoms inside. In this work, we present a quantum treatment of elastic electron scattering. We show that the interaction of the probe beam and the sample results in entanglement between the two systems, which can have far-reaching consequences, particularly on coherence and image contrast. As a timely example, we discuss decoherence in Bragg scattering on nanoparticles. We also investigate under which conditions the conventional scattering theory is recovered. |
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| spellingShingle | Entanglement in Elastic Electron Scattering: Perturbation theory misses fundamental aspects of Bragg scattering Löffler, Stefan Schattschneider, Peter Quantum Physics Materials Science Elastic electron scattering is one of the primary means of investigating materials on the atomic scale. It is usually described by modeling the sample as a fixed, static, perturbative potential, thereby completely neglecting the quantum nature of the atoms inside. In this work, we present a quantum treatment of elastic electron scattering. We show that the interaction of the probe beam and the sample results in entanglement between the two systems, which can have far-reaching consequences, particularly on coherence and image contrast. As a timely example, we discuss decoherence in Bragg scattering on nanoparticles. We also investigate under which conditions the conventional scattering theory is recovered. |
| title | Entanglement in Elastic Electron Scattering: Perturbation theory misses fundamental aspects of Bragg scattering |
| topic | Quantum Physics Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.01383 |