Universality in Few-Body Systems
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چکیده
Low-energy universality in atomic few-body systems as a result of a large two-body scattering length has gained a lot of attention recently. Here, I discuss recent progress in describing the three-body recombination of cold atoms in terms of a finite set of universal scaling functions and review results for the recombination length of 133Cs atoms obtained with these functions. Furthermore, I will consider the inclusion of effective range corrections and the relevance for further calculations in atomic and nuclear physics.
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