  We have measured the index of refraction for sodium de Broglie waves in gases
of Ar, Kr, Xe, and nitrogen over a wide range of sodium velocities. We observe
glory oscillations -- a velocity-dependent oscillation in the forward
scattering amplitude. An atom interferometer was used to observe glory
oscillations in the phase shift caused by the collision, which are larger than
glory oscillations observed in the cross section. The glory oscillations depend
sensitively on the shape of the interatomic potential, allowing us to
discriminate among various predictions for these potentials, none of which
completely agrees with our measurements.

Atomic Physics;Chemical Physics