Published March 19, 2010
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Journal article
Colliding Bose-Einstein Condensates to Observe Efimov Physics
- 1. Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, 66506 (United States)
- 2. JILA, University of Colorado and NIST, Boulder, Colorado, 80309-0440 (United States)
- 3. Institut fuer Experimentalphysik und Zentrum fuer Quantenphysik, Universitaet Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, A-6020 Innsbruck (Austria)
Description
We explore the manifestation of Efimov physics through the collision energy dependence of the three-body scattering observables and propose that it can be measured by observing atom loss in collisions of Bose-Einstein condensates. Our study shows that log-periodic Efimov features in the scattering observables extend beyond the usual threshold regime to nonzero collision energies and result from two interfering pathways. Further, these oscillations have a one-to-one connection with the scattering length oscillations at zero energy and thus to Efimov states themselves.
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 104
- Journal Issue
- 11
- Journal Page Range
- p. 113201-113201.4
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 41115465
- Subject category
- S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ATOMS; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; COLLISIONS; EFIMOV EFFECT; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; OSCILLATIONS; PERIODICITY; SCATTERING; SCATTERING LENGTHS; THREE-BODY PROBLEM
- Descriptors DEC
- DIMENSIONS; LENGTH; MANY-BODY PROBLEM; VARIATIONS
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- Notes
- (c) 2010 The American Physical Society