2004/02/05 by Matt Mackie, Mackie, Matt, Jyrki Piilo +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph) #Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #physics.atom-ph #physics.chem-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0402023
4 pages, 1 figure, submitted to PRL
arxiv created 2004/02/05 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
We theoretically examine the neutral atom-molecule analogue of the anomalous quantum correlations between degenerate electrons, i.e., Cooper pairs, that are responsible for superconductivity. Based on rogue dissociation of triatomic molecules (trimers) into opposite-momentum pairs of atoms and diatomic molecules (dimers) via a photoassociation or Feshbach resonance, we find a superfluid transition to a Bose-Einstein condensate of trimers dressed by atom-dimer Cooper pairs, at a critical temperature in reach of present ultracold technology.