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Four-Body Efimov Effect for Three Fermions and a Lighter Particle

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: We study three same-spin-state fermions of mass M interacting with a distinguishable particle of mass m in the unitary limit where the interaction has a zero range and an infinite s-wave scattering length. We predict an interval of mass ratio 13.384<M/m<13.607 where there exists a purely four-body Efimov effect, leading to the occurrence of weakly bound tetramers without Efimov trimers.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.223201

Authors: Yvan Castin, Christophe Mora, Ludovic Pricoupenko

Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, École Normale Supérieure - PSL, Laboratoire de Physique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de la Matière Condensée

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

OpenAlex ID: W2102066778

FWCI: 4.654

Cites: 25

Cited by: 88

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