Efimov physics from a renormalization group perspective

DOI10.1098/RSTA.2011.0001MaRDI QIDQ3104796zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Lucas Platter, H.-W. Hammer

Publication date 17 December 2011

Published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1102.3789

zbMATH Keywords

discrete scale invariancefew-body physicslimit cycleuniversality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Renormalization group methods applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T17) (n)-body potential quantum scattering theory (81U10)

Abstract: We discuss the physics of the Efimov effect from a renormalization group viewpoint using the concept of limit cycles. Furthermore, we discuss recent experiments providing evidence for the Efimov effect in ultracold gases and its relevance for nuclear systems.

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