Observation of an Efimov-like trimer resonance in ultracold atom-dimer scattering

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-230

  Knoop, S ^a   Ferlaino, F ^a   Mark, M ^a   Berninger, M ^a   Schobel H ^a   Nagerl H C ^a   Grimm, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

INELASTIC COLLISION; NUCLEAR MATTERS; QUANTUM SYSTEM; RESONANT ENHANCEMENTS; TWO-BODY INTERACTIONS; ULTRACOLD ATOMS; UNIVERSAL PROPERTIES; WEAKLY BOUND DIMERS;

DIMERS;

EID: 62049083062     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1203     Document Type: Article

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