Physical Origin of the Universal Three-body Parameter in Atomic Efimov Physics
arXiv:1208.3912 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.90.022106
Abstract
We address the microscopic origin of the universal three-body parameter that fixes the spectrum of three-atom systems in the Efimov regime. We identify it with the van der Waals two-body correlation, which causes the three-atom system to deform when the three atoms come within the distance of the van der Waals length, effectively preventing them from coming closer due to the kinetic-energy cost associated with this three-body deformation. This deformation mechanism explains the universal ratio of the scattering length at the triatomic resonance to the van der Waals length observed in several experiments and confirmed by numerical calculations.
10 pages, 6 figures ; several corrections, one figure removed and one figure added with respect to v2. This is a corrected version with respect to the published article: curves corrected in the last figure (hyper-radial potential) ; removed an incorrect discussion and figure on the hyperangular distribution and average hyperangle (see erratum of the published article)
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