Signatures of universal four-body phenomena and their relation to the Efimov effect

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 417-421

  Von Stecher, J ^a   Dincao, J P ^a   Greene, Chris H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

ATOM SCATTERING; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; EFIMOV EFFECTS; FOUR-BODY PROBLEM; THREE-BODY PROBLEM; THREE-BODY RECOMBINATION; ULTRACOLD GAS; UNIVERSAL PROPERTIES;

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION;

EID: 67650263904     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1253     Document Type: Article

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