Ultra-long-range rydberg trimers with a repulsive two-body interaction

Ivan C.H. Liu; Jovica Stanojevic; Jan M. Rost

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.173001

Ultra-long-range rydberg trimers with a repulsive two-body interaction

Ivan C.H. Liu, Jovica Stanojevic, Jan M. Rost

Institute of Applied Arts

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A Rydberg and a ground-state atom can form ultra-long-range diatomic molecules provided the interaction between the ground-state atom and the Rydberg electron is attractive. A repulsive interaction does not support bound states. However, as we will show, adding a second ground-state atom, a long-range bound triatomic molecule becomes possible.

Original language	English
Article number	173001
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	102
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.173001
State	Published - 29 Apr 2009

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