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Virtual States, Halos and Resonances in Three-Body Atomic and Nuclear Systems

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By considering nuclear and ultracold trapped atomic systems, we review the trajectory of Efimov excited states in the complex plane by changing the two-body scattering lengths and one three-body scale.

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This article is based on the presentation by T. Frederico at the Fifth Workshop on Critical Stability, Erice, Sicily.

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Frederico, T., Yamashita, M.T. & Tomio, L. Virtual States, Halos and Resonances in Three-Body Atomic and Nuclear Systems. Few-Body Syst 45, 215–218 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00601-009-0020-0

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