Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-2008
Abstract
We present analytical solutions for the three-body problem with multichannel interactions and identify a class of quasibound Efimov states that can be viewed as three-body Fano-Feshbach resonances. Our method employs a multichannel generalization of the Fermi pseudopotential to model low-energy atom-atom interactions near a magnetically tunable Fano-Feshbach resonance. We discuss the conditions under which quasibound Efimov states may be supported and identify the interaction parameters that limit the lifetimes of these states. We speculate that it may be possible to observe these states using spectroscopic methods, perhaps allowing for the measurement of multiple Efimov resonances.
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© 2008 The American Physical Society
Identifier
10.1103/PhysRevA.78.020701
Publisher
American Physical Society
Repository Citation
Mehta, N.P., Rittenhouse, S.T., D'Incao, J.P., & Greene, C.H. (2008). Efimov states embedded in the three-body continuum. Physical Review A, 78(2), 020701. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.78.020701
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Physical Review A