Parity Violation in Hydrogen and Longitudinal Atomic Beam Spin Echo I

Details Parity Violation in Hydrogen and Longitudinal Atomic Beam Spin Echo I Parity Violation in Hydrogen and Longitudinal Atomic Beam Spin Echo I

2008-11-10

arxiv.org/abs/0811.1460v1

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Atomic Physics

27 pages, 10 figures

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We discuss the propagation of hydrogen atoms in static electric and magnetic fields in a longitudinal atomic beam spin echo (lABSE) apparatus. There the atoms acquire geometric (Berry) phases that exhibit a new manifestation of parity-(P-)violation in atomic physics. We provide analytical as well as numerical calculations of the behaviour of the metastable 2S states of hydrogen. The conditions for electromagnetic field configurations that allow for adiabatic evolution of the relevant atomic states are investigated. Our results provide the theoretical basis for the discussion of possible measurements of P-violating geometric phases in lABSE experiments.

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