Evidence for an excited-state efimov trimer in a three-component fermi gas

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 13, 2009, Pages

  Williams, J R ^a   Hazlett, E L ^a   Huckans, J H ^a   Stites, R W ^a   Zhang, Y ^a   O'Hara, K M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOM SCATTERING; EFIMOV TRIMERS; FERMI GAS; FESHBACH RESONANCES; RECOMBINATION RATE; SU(3) SYMMETRY; THREE-BODY RECOMBINATION; THREE-COMPONENT;

ELECTRON GAS;

FERMIONS;

EID: 70349516108     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.130404     Document Type: Article

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