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Unitary quantum three-body problem in a harmonic trap.

Félix Werner1, Yvan Castin

  • 1Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.

Physical Review Letters
|December 13, 2006
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This study analyzes three interacting bosons or fermions in a harmonic trap. Bosons show universal and Efimov states, with universal states being long-lived and observable despite weak coupling.

Area of Science:

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Atomic physics
  • Few-body systems

Background:

  • Investigating the behavior of few-body quantum systems is crucial for understanding fundamental interactions.
  • Short-range potentials and harmonic traps are common models in atomic and molecular physics.
  • Distinguishing between universal and Efimov states in bosonic systems is an ongoing challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analytically and numerically investigate the properties of three interacting spinless bosons and spin-1/2 fermions.
  • To determine the nature of universal and Efimov states in these systems.
  • To assess the stability and observability of these states, particularly in the presence of three-body loss.

Main Methods:

  • Analytical solutions for the zero-range potential model, yielding exact spectra and eigenfunctions.

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  • Numerical analysis for the finite-range potential model to study state couplings.
  • Focus on systems with infinite scattering length and isotropic harmonic potentials.

    • Main Results:

    • For fermions, all states are universal.
    • For bosons, a coexistence of decoupled universal and Efimovian states is observed in the zero-range model.
    • In the finite-range model, weak coupling between universal and Efimovian states is found for bosons, preserving long-lived universal states.

    Conclusions:

    • Universal states in both fermionic and bosonic systems exhibit a small three-body loss rate.
    • Bosonic universal states remain observable even with finite interaction ranges due to weak coupling with Efimovian states.
    • The findings contribute to understanding few-body physics in ultracold atomic systems.