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Three-body systems in physics of cold atoms and halo nuclei

Nuclear Theory 2016-05-17 v2 Quantum Gases Atomic Physics

Abstract

Few-body systems, such as cold atoms and halo nuclei, share universal features at low energies, which are insensitive to the underlying inter-particle interactions at short ranges. These low-energy properties can be investigated in the framework of effective field theory with two-body and three-body contact interactions. I review the effective-field-theory studies of universal physics in three-body systems, focusing on the application in cold atoms and halo nuclei.

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@article{arxiv.1512.06114,
  title  = {Three-body systems in physics of cold atoms and halo nuclei},
  author = {Chen Ji},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.06114},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

Review article commissioned for the International Journal of Modern Physics E special issue on "Effective Field Theory in Nuclear Physics"; 26 pages