Chemistry of a light impurity in a Bose-Einstein condensate
arXiv:2108.03174 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.183401
Abstract
In ultracold atomic gases, a unique interplay arises between phenomena known from condensed matter physics, few-body physics and chemistry. Similar to an electron in a solid, an impurity in an ultracold gas can get dressed by excitations from the medium, forming a quasiparticle called the polaron. We study how dressing of an impurity leads to a modification of its chemical reactivity. Using a Gaussian state variational method in the frame of the impurity, we demonstrate that three-body correlations lead to an instability of the polaron. This instability is connected to an Efimov resonance, but shifted to smaller interactions by many-body effects, showing that polaron formation stimulates Efimov physics and the associated chemistry.
arXiv comment6 pages, 4 figures
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