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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Efimov State


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Efimov State: The no longer theoretical state that allows three quanta to be bound together - an impossibility for two. We assume this is a little more sophisticated than the classical 'three body problem'.


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FOM: Strange physical theory proved after 40 years, Vitaly Efimov, Efimov State, Energy levels arising from resonant two-body forces in a three-body system and Evidence for Efimov quantum states in an ultracold gas of caesium atoms.

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