Multiple cavity experiments to detect parity nonconservation in atomic hydrogen

Abstract

We develop general guidelines and criteria for designing and evaluating beam experiments which use Ramsey's method of separated oscillating fields to detect PNC (parity nonconserving) effects in atomic hydrogen. We find that variation of the relative radio-frequency phases between different field configurations may offer distinct advantages in measuring and processing expected PNC data. We evaluate several specific experiments employing such multiple region designs.