Observation of an efimov spectrum in an atomicsystem

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 586-591

  Zaccanti, M ^a   Deissler, B ^a   Derrico, C ^a   Fattori, M ^a,b   Jona Lasinio, M ^a   Muller S ^c   Roati, G ^a   Inguscio, M ^a   Modugno, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Richerche Enrico Fermi   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGOMERS;

CHARACTERISTIC SPECTRUM; FEW BODY SYSTEMS; GEOMETRIC SCALING; INFINITE NUMBERS; PAIRWISE INTERACTION; PARTICLE COLLISION; QUANTUM PARTICLES; SCALING BEHAVIOURS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 68849131445     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1334     Document Type: Article

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