feshbach resonance

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What does feshbach resonance mean?

The situation where two slow atoms collide and temporarily stick together, forming an unstable compound with a short lifetime. It is a feature of many-body systems in which a bound state is achieved if the coupling(s) between at least one internal degree of freedom and the reaction coordinates, which lead to dissociation, vanish.

Where does feshbach resonance come from?

Named after American physicist Herman Feshbach.

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