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Universal four-body states in heavy-light mixtures with positive scattering length

Quantum Gases 2015-06-11 v1

Abstract

The number of four-body states known to behave universally is small. This work adds a new class of four-body states to this relatively short list. We predict the existence of a universal four-body bound state for heavy-light mixtures consisting of three identical heavy fermions and a fourth distinguishable lighter particle with mass ratio κ9.5\kappa \gtrsim 9.5 and short-range interspecies interaction characterized by a positive s-wave scattering length. The structural properties of these universal states are discussed and finite-range effects are analyzed. The bound states can be experimentally realized and probed utilizing ultracold atom mixtures.

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@article{arxiv.1208.2907,
  title  = {Universal four-body states in heavy-light mixtures with positive scattering length},
  author = {D. Blume},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1208.2907},
  year   = {2015}
}

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