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Three-Boson Problem near a Narrow Feshbach Resonance

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: We consider a three-boson system with resonant binary interactions and show that for sufficiently narrow resonances three-body observables depend only on the resonance width and the scattering length. The effect of narrow resonances is qualitatively different from that of wide resonances revealing novel physics of three-body collisions. We calculate the rate of three-body recombination to a weakly bound level and the atom-dimer scattering length and discuss implications for experiments on Bose-Einstein condensates and atom-molecule mixtures near Feshbach resonances.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.93.143201

Author: D. S. Petrov

Institutions: Harvard University, Kurchatov Institute, Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, Harvard University, Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Harvard University, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

OpenAlex ID: W1981221685

FWCI: 5.102

Cites: 17

Cited by: 234

Related to: 10