Mass-imbalanced Three-Body Systems in Two Dimensions
Abstract
We consider three-body systems in two dimensions with zero-range interactions for general masses and interaction strengths. The momentum-space Schr\"odinger equation is solved numerically and in the Born-Oppenheimer (BO) approximation. The BO expression is derived using separable potentials and yields a concise adiabatic potential between the two heavy particles. The BO potential is Coulomb-like and exponentially decreasing at small and large distances, respectively. While we find similar qualitative features to previous studies, we find important quantitative differences. Our results demonstrate that mass-imbalanced systems that are accessible in the field of ultracold atomic gases can have a rich three-body bound state spectrum in two dimensional geometries. Small light-heavy mass ratios increase the number of bound states. For 87Rb-87Rb-6Li and 133Cs-133Cs-6Li we find respectively 3 and 4 bound states.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1211.6342,
title = {Mass-imbalanced Three-Body Systems in Two Dimensions},
author = {F. F. Bellotti and T. Frederico and M. T. Yamashita and D. V. Fedorov and A. S. Jensen and N. T. Zinner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.6342},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
17 pages, 8 figures, revised version