Three-Body Physics in Strongly Correlated Spinor Condensates

V. E. Colussi, Chris H. Greene, and J. P. D’Incao
Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 045302 – Published 21 July 2014
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Abstract

Spinor condensates have proven to be a rich area for probing many-body phenomena richer than that of an ultracold gas consisting of atoms restricted to a single spin state. In the strongly correlated regime, the physics controlling the possible novel phases of the condensate remains largely unexplored, and few-body aspects can play a central role in the properties and dynamics of the system through manifestations of Efimov physics. The present study solves the three-body problem for bosonic spinors using the hyperspherical adiabatic representation and characterizes the multiple families of Efimov states in spinor systems as well as their signatures in the scattering observables relevant for spinor condensates. These solutions exhibit a rich array of possible phenomena originating in universal few-body physics, which can strongly affect the spin dynamics and three-body mean-field contributions for spinor condensates. The collisional aspects of atom-dimer spinor condensates are also analyzed, and effects are predicted that derive from Efimov physics.

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  • Received 12 February 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.045302

© 2014 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

V. E. Colussi1, Chris H. Greene2, and J. P. D’Incao3

  • 1Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0440, USA
  • 2Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2036, USA
  • 3JILA, University of Colorado and NIST, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0440, USA

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Vol. 113, Iss. 4 — 25 July 2014

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