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Setting Limits on Supersymmetry Using Simplified Models
Published on: November 15, 2013
Universal bound states of two particles in mixed dimensions or near a mirror
1School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA.
Abstract:
Some novel two-body effects analogous to the well-known three-body Efimov effect are predicted. In the systems considered, particle A is constrained on a truncated or bent one-dimensional line or two-dimensional plane, or on one side of a flat mirror in three dimensions (3D). The constraining potential is fine-tuned such that particle A's ground state wave function is a constant in the region in which it is constrained. Particle B moves in 3D and interacts with particle A, resonantly. An infinite sequence of giant two-body bound states are found in each case.
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