How to test atom and neutron neutrality with atom interferometry

Phys Rev Lett. 2008 Mar 28;100(12):120407. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.120407. Epub 2008 Mar 27.

Abstract

We propose an atom-interferometry experiment based on the scalar Aharonov-Bohm effect which detects an atom charge at the 10{-28}e level, and improves the current laboratory limits by 8 orders of magnitude. This setup independently probes neutron charges down to 10{-28}e, 7 orders of magnitude below current bounds.