Published April 10, 2009
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Journal article
Evidence for Universal Four-Body States Tied to an Efimov Trimer
Creators
- 1. Institut fuer Experimentalphysik and Zentrum fuer Quantenphysik, Universitaet Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck (Austria)
- 2. JILA, University of Colorado and NIST, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0440 (United States)
- 3. Institut fuer Quantenoptik und Quanteninformation, Oesterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 6020 Innsbruck (Austria)
Description
We report on the measurement of four-body recombination rate coefficients in an atomic gas. Our results obtained with an ultracold sample of cesium atoms at negative scattering lengths show a resonant enhancement of losses and provide strong evidence for the existence of a pair of four-body states, which is strictly connected to Efimov trimers via universal relations. Our findings confirm recent theoretical predictions and demonstrate the enrichment of the Efimov scenario when a fourth particle is added to the generic three-body problem
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.140401;
- arXiv
- arXiv:0903.1276v2;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 102
- Journal Issue
- 14
- Journal Page Range
- p. 140401-140401.4
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 40054547
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CESIUM; FOUR-BODY PROBLEM; RECOMBINATION; SCATTERING LENGTHS; THREE-BODY PROBLEM
- Descriptors DEC
- ALKALI METALS; DIMENSIONS; ELEMENTS; LENGTH; MANY-BODY PROBLEM; METALS
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2009 The American Physical Society