Colliding Bose-Einstein condensates to observe Efimov physics

Phys Rev Lett. 2010 Mar 19;104(11):113201. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.113201. Epub 2010 Mar 17.

Abstract

We explore the manifestation of Efimov physics through the collision energy dependence of the three-body scattering observables and propose that it can be measured by observing atom loss in collisions of Bose-Einstein condensates. Our study shows that log-periodic Efimov features in the scattering observables extend beyond the usual threshold regime to nonzero collision energies and result from two interfering pathways. Further, these oscillations have a one-to-one connection with the scattering length oscillations at zero energy and thus to Efimov states themselves.