Published April 10, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Evidence for Universal Four-Body States Tied to an Efimov Trimer

  • 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

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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

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