Is a separate four-body parameter needed for Efimov-linked tetramers? · revision history
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- Title
- Is a separate four-body parameter needed for Efimov-linked tetramers?
- Plain
- Four atoms can also bind into states attached to each Efimov molecule. The question is whether their positions follow from the three-atom number alone, or need extra information.
- Precise · changed · core
- Revision 1: Zero-range theory predicts tetramer loss resonances at a_4,1 ~ 0.43 a_- and a_4,2 ~ 0.90 a_- (von Stecher, D'Incao, Greene 2009). With realistic van der Waals interactions, determine whether these ratios are universal to 5% or depend on short-range four-body physics. Answer: yes or no with a computed and measured spread across species.
- Revision 2: Zero-range theory predicts tetramer loss resonances at $a_{4},1 \sim 0.43 a_{-}$ and $a_{4},2 \sim 0.90 a_{-}$ (von Stecher, D'Incao, Greene 2009). With realistic van der Waals interactions, determine whether these ratios are universal to 5% or depend on short-range four-body physics. Answer: yes or no with a computed and measured spread across species.
- Settled by
- Precision four-body loss spectroscopy in several species with a matching van der Waals four-body calculation.
- Kind
- well-posed
- Answer type
- yes-no
- References
- (empty)
- Literature status
- partially-resolved
- Status note
- Cesium experiments since 2009 roughly match the zero-range ratios, but precision tests across species are missing.
- Posed since
- 2009
Decisions
- Accept · 2026-10-15 · record