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Main Authors: Fisher, Sophie, Ogunnaike, Olumakinde, Levitov, Leonid
Format: Preprint
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.06128
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author Fisher, Sophie
Ogunnaike, Olumakinde
Levitov, Leonid
author_facet Fisher, Sophie
Ogunnaike, Olumakinde
Levitov, Leonid
contents Cold atoms embedded in a degenerate Fermi system interact via a fermionic analog of the Casimir force, which is an attraction of a -1/r form at distances shorter than the Fermi wavelength. Interestingly, the hydrogenic two-body bound states do not form in this regime because the interaction strength is too weak under realistic conditions, and yet the three-body bound states can have a considerably higher degree of stability. As a result, the trimer bound states can form even when the dimer states are unstable. A quasiclassical analysis of quantum states supported by periodic orbits singles out the "figure-eight" orbits, predicting bound states that are more stable than the ones originating from circular orbits. The discrete energies of these states form families of resonances with a distinct structure, enabling a direct observation of signatures of figure-eightbraiding dynamics.
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spellingShingle Three-Body Bound States of Quantum Particles: Higher Stability Through Braiding
Fisher, Sophie
Ogunnaike, Olumakinde
Levitov, Leonid
Quantum Gases
Cold atoms embedded in a degenerate Fermi system interact via a fermionic analog of the Casimir force, which is an attraction of a -1/r form at distances shorter than the Fermi wavelength. Interestingly, the hydrogenic two-body bound states do not form in this regime because the interaction strength is too weak under realistic conditions, and yet the three-body bound states can have a considerably higher degree of stability. As a result, the trimer bound states can form even when the dimer states are unstable. A quasiclassical analysis of quantum states supported by periodic orbits singles out the "figure-eight" orbits, predicting bound states that are more stable than the ones originating from circular orbits. The discrete energies of these states form families of resonances with a distinct structure, enabling a direct observation of signatures of figure-eightbraiding dynamics.
title Three-Body Bound States of Quantum Particles: Higher Stability Through Braiding
topic Quantum Gases
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.06128