Abstract
Systems consisting of identical bosons with a large scattering length satisfy universal relations determined by 2-body physics that are similar to those for fermions with two spin states. They require the momentum distribution to have a large-momentum tail and the radio-frequency transition rate to have a high-frequency tail, both of which are proportional to the 2-body contact. Identical bosons also satisfy additional universal relations that are determined by 3-body physics and involve the 3-body contact, which measures the probability of 3 particles being very close together. The coefficients of the 3-body contact in the tail of the momentum distribution and in the tail of the radio-frequency transition rate are log-periodic functions of and that depend on the Efimov parameter.
- Received 14 January 2011
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.153005
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