Physical Review A
Resonance states of three self-gravitating bosons and fermions
Sabyasachi Kar, Y. K. Ho
Abstract
The resonance states of the systems consisting of three identical bosons and of three fermions interacting with an attractive $1∕r$ potential are investigated using highly correlated exponential basis functions. The method of complex-coordinate rotation is used to extract energies and widths for the resonances lying below the $n=2$ excited state threshold of the respective two-body subsystem. For the system consisting of three identical bosons, we have obtained a total of 12 $S$-wave resonances. It is concluded that nine of them belong to one series of Rydberg states. For the system consisting of three fermions, we have obtained a total of 23 $S$-wave resonances in total spin three-halfs (the $^{4}S$ state) and 17 $S$-wave resonances total spin one-half (the $^{2}S$ states). The resonances for the $^{4}S$ states belong to three different series, while those for the $^{2}S$ states belong to two Rydberg series. The resonance energies and widths of these states for the three-body self-gravitating bosons and fermions are reported.