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Auteurs principaux: van de Kraats, J., Ahmed-Braun, D. J. M., Li, J. -L., Kokkelmans, S. J. J. M. F.
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Publié: 2023
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author van de Kraats, J.
Ahmed-Braun, D. J. M.
Li, J. -L.
Kokkelmans, S. J. J. M. F.
author_facet van de Kraats, J.
Ahmed-Braun, D. J. M.
Li, J. -L.
Kokkelmans, S. J. J. M. F.
contents We resolve the unexpected and long-standing disagreement between experiment and theory in the Efimovian three-body spectrum of Li-7, commonly referred to as the lithium few-body puzzle. Our results show that the discrepancy arises out of the presence of strong non-universal three-body spin-exchange interactions, which enact an effective inflation of the universal Efimov spectrum. This conclusion is obtained from a thorough numerical solution of the quantum mechanical three-body problem, including precise interatomic interactions and all spin degrees of freedom for three alkali-metal atoms. Our results show excellent agreement with the experimental data regarding both the Efimov spectrum and the absolute rate constants of three-body recombination, and in addition reveal a general product propensity for such triatomic reactions in the Paschen-Back regime, stemming from Wigner's spin conservation rule.
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spellingShingle Emergent inflation of the Efimov spectrum under three-body spin-exchange interactions
van de Kraats, J.
Ahmed-Braun, D. J. M.
Li, J. -L.
Kokkelmans, S. J. J. M. F.
Quantum Gases
We resolve the unexpected and long-standing disagreement between experiment and theory in the Efimovian three-body spectrum of Li-7, commonly referred to as the lithium few-body puzzle. Our results show that the discrepancy arises out of the presence of strong non-universal three-body spin-exchange interactions, which enact an effective inflation of the universal Efimov spectrum. This conclusion is obtained from a thorough numerical solution of the quantum mechanical three-body problem, including precise interatomic interactions and all spin degrees of freedom for three alkali-metal atoms. Our results show excellent agreement with the experimental data regarding both the Efimov spectrum and the absolute rate constants of three-body recombination, and in addition reveal a general product propensity for such triatomic reactions in the Paschen-Back regime, stemming from Wigner's spin conservation rule.
title Emergent inflation of the Efimov spectrum under three-body spin-exchange interactions
topic Quantum Gases
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.13128