2025/07/07 by Sun, Ning, Feng, Lei, Zhang, Pengfei · 1 citation
#FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas) #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2507.04993
Understanding how quasi-particles interact with impurities is crucial for unveiling novel properties of quantum many-body systems. A prominent example is the enhanced scattering between electrons and magnetic impurities in the low-energy limit, which gives rise to the Kondo effect. In this letter, motivated by recent developments in quantum simulation platforms, we investigate the universal behavior of long-range quantum spin chains with a single local impurity, focusing on systems that conserve the magnon number. Using effective field theory, we show that distinct classes of universal three-magnon states can emerge when the impurity-mediated two-magnon interaction is on resonance. When the long-range coupling decays as 1/rα, we find that (i) for α∈ (2,2.89), the system exhibits Efimov effects, with the three-body binding energy forming a geometric series ln|E(n)3-body|∼-n (α-1) π/s0(α), (ii) for α=2, the system shows semi-super Efimov effects with ln|E(n)3-body|∼-(nπ-θ)2/8. Our theoretical prediction is validated by the numerical solution of the Skorniakov-Ter-Martirosian equation. Our results could be tested experimentally in the future on quantum simulation platforms.