Three-body problem in a two-dimensional Fermi gas
Abstract
We investigate the three-body properties of two identical "up" fermions and one distinguishable "down" atom interacting in a strongly confined two-dimensional geometry. We compute exactly the atom-dimer scattering properties and the three-body recombination rate as a function of collision energy and mass ratio mup/mdown. We find that the recombination rate for fermions is strongly energy dependent, with significant contributions from higher partial waves at low energies. For mup < mdown, the s-wave atom-dimer scattering below threshold is completely described by the scattering length. Furthermore, we examine the "up-up-down" bound states (trimers) appearing at large mup/mdown and find that the energy spectrum for the deepest bound trimers resembles that of a hydrogen atom confined to two dimensions.
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