The third virial coefficient of a two-component unitary Fermi gas across an Efimov-effect threshold
Chao Gao, Shimpei Endo, Yvan Castin
We consider a mixture of two single-spin-state fermions with an interaction of negligible range and infinite s-wave scattering length.By varying the mass ratio α across αc 13.6069 one can switch on and off the Efimov effect.We determine analytically the third cluster coefficient of the gas.We show that it is a smooth function of α across αc since, unexpectedly, the three-body parameter characterizing the interaction is relevant even on the non-Efimovian side α < αc.
arXiv:1412.1974•Europhysics Letters (EPL)•Jan 1, 2015•23 citations