Hints of universal behavior seen in exotic three-atom states
Friday, September 23, 2011 - 19:30
in Physics & Chemistry
A novel type of inter-particle binding predicted in 1970 and observed for the first time in 2006, is forming the basis for an intriguing kind of ultracold quantum chemistry. A new experiment observing the four 3-atom cesium states reports that the states' sizes are roughly the same. This has taken theorists by complete surprise.