Effective Field Theory Analysis of Three-Boson Systems at Next-To-Next-To-Leading Order

Abstract

We use an effective field theory for short-range forces (SREFT) to analyze systems of three identical bosons interacting via a two-body potential that generates a scattering length, $a$, which is large compared to the range of the interaction, $\ell$. The amplitude for the scattering of one boson off a bound state of the other two is computed to next-to-next-to-leading order (N${}^2$LO) in the $\ell /a$ expansion. At this order, two pieces of three-body data are required as input in order to renormalize the amplitude (for fixed $a$). We apply our results to a model system of three Helium-4 atoms, which are assumed to interact via the TTY potential. We generate N${}^2$LO predictions for atom-dimer scattering below the dimer breakup threshold using the bound-state energy of the shallow Helium-4 trimer and the atom-dimer scattering length as our two pieces of three-body input. Based on the convergence pattern of the SREFT expansion, as well as differences in the predictions of two renormalization schemes, we conclude that our N${}^2$LO phase- shift predictions will receive higher-order corrections of $<0.2$%. In contrast, the prediction of SREFT for the binding energy of the "deep" trimer of Helium-4 atoms displays poor convergence.

58 pages, 20 figures. Dedicated to Professor Henryk Witala at the occasion of his 60th birthday. Submitted in Few-Body Systems

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