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Three-body bound states of an atom in a Fermi mixture

Atomic Physics 2020-08-04 v2 Quantum Gases Quantum Physics

Abstract

We determine the three-body bound states of an atom in a Fermi mixture. Compared to the Efimov spectrum of three atoms in vacuum, we show that the Fermi seas deform the Efimov spectrum systematically. We demonstrate that this effect is more pronounced near unitarity, for which we give an analytical estimate. We show that in the presence of Fermi seas, the three-body bound states obey a generalized discrete scaling law. For an experimental confirmation of our prediction, we propose three signatures of three-body bound states of an ultracold Fermi mixture of Yb isotopes, and provide an estimate for the onset of the bound state and the binding energy.

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@article{arxiv.2007.13511,
  title  = {Three-body bound states of an atom in a Fermi mixture},
  author = {Ali Sanayei and Ludwig Mathey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.13511},
  year   = {2020}
}

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15 pages, 10 figures