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Universal Angular Probability Distribution of Three Particles near Zero Energy Threshold

Mathematical Physics 2013-03-13 v2 math.MP

Abstract

We study bound states of a 3--particle system in R3\mathbb{R}^3 described by the Hamiltonian H(λn)=H0+v12+λn(v13+v23)H(\lambda_n) = H_0 + v_{12} + \lambda_n (v_{13} + v_{23}), where the particle pair {1,2}\{1,2\} has a zero energy resonance and no bound states, while other particle pairs have neither bound states nor zero energy resonances. It is assumed that for a converging sequence of coupling constants λnλcr\lambda_n \to \lambda_{cr} the Hamiltonian H(λn)H(\lambda_n) has a sequence of levels with negative energies EnE_n and wave functions ψn\psi_n, where the sequence ψn\psi_n totally spreads in the sense that limnζRψn(ζ)2dζ=0\lim_{n \to \infty}\int_{|\zeta| \leq R} |\psi_n (\zeta)|^2 d\zeta = 0 for all R>0R>0. We prove that for large nn the angular probability distribution of three particles determined by ψn\psi_n approaches the universal analytical expression, which does not depend on pair--interactions. The result has applications in Efimov physics and in the physics of halo nuclei.

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@article{arxiv.1112.0490,
  title  = {Universal Angular Probability Distribution of Three Particles near Zero Energy Threshold},
  author = {Dmitry K. Gridnev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.0490},
  year   = {2013}
}
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