Universality in molecular halo clusters
The ground state of weakly bound dimers and trimers with a radius extending well into the classically forbidden region is explored, with the goal to test the predicted universality of quantum halo states. The focus of the study is molecules consisting of T down arrow, D down arrow, He-3, He-4, and a...
| Autores: | , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/26455 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/26455 https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.253401 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Monte Carlo method HE Interaction cross-sections Surface integral method Quantum halos Ground-state Perturbation-theory Systems Potentials Radii Scattering Montecarlo, Mètode de Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física |
| Sumario: | The ground state of weakly bound dimers and trimers with a radius extending well into the classically forbidden region is explored, with the goal to test the predicted universality of quantum halo states. The focus of the study is molecules consisting of T down arrow, D down arrow, He-3, He-4, and alkali atoms, where the interaction between particles is much better known than in the case of nuclei, which are traditional examples of quantum halos. The study of realistic systems is supplemented by model calculations in order to analyze how low-energy properties depend on the interaction potential. The use of variational and diffusion Monte Carlo methods enabled a very precise calculation of both the size and binding energy of the trimers. In the quantum halo regime, and for large values of scaled binding energies, all clusters follow almost the same universal line. As the scaled binding energy decreases, Borromean states separate from tango trimers. |
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