Universal Relations for Identical Bosons from Three-Body Physics

Eric Braaten, Daekyoung Kang, and Lucas Platter
Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 153005 – Published 15 April 2011

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 1/k4 tail and the radio-frequency transition rate to have a high-frequency 1/ω3/2 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 1/k5 tail of the momentum distribution and in the 1/ω2 tail of the radio-frequency transition rate are log-periodic functions of k and ω that depend on the Efimov parameter.

  • Received 14 January 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.153005

© 2011 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Eric Braaten1,*, Daekyoung Kang1,†, and Lucas Platter2,3,‡

  • 1Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
  • 2Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington, Seattle Washington 98195 USA
  • 3Fundamental Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, 41296 Göteborg, Sweden

  • *braaten@mps.ohio-state.edu
  • kang@mps.ohio-state.edu
  • platter@chalmers.se

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Vol. 106, Iss. 15 — 15 April 2011

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