English Explanatory Dictionary

Efimov state

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Each of the infinitely many three-body bound states due to the interaction of three identical bosons, when a two-body state is exactly at the dissociation threshold.

Word forms

Efimov state Efimov states

Etymology

Named after Russian theoretical physicist Vitaly Efimov.

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