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Supervisor's Foreword; Abstract; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The Three-Body Problem and the Efimov Scenario; 1.2 Efimov States and Universality in Modern Quantum Mechanics; 1.3 The Heteronuclear Efimov Scenario; 1.4 Thesis Outline; References; 2 Two-Body Interactions Between Li and Cs Atoms; 2.1 Interactions in Ultracold Mixtures of Li and Cs Atoms; 2.2 Low-Energy Scattering in Ultracold Quantum Gases; 2.2.1 Basic Physics of Two-Body Scattering at Ultracold Temperatures; 2.2.2 Scattering in External Magnetic Field
2.2.3 Interactions and Weakly-Bound Dimers Close to a Feshbach Resonance2.3 Producing and Probing Ultracold Li-Cs Mixtures; 2.3.1 Experimental Procedure for the Sample Preparation at 400nK; 2.3.2 Homogenous Magnetic Fields; 2.3.3 Radio- and Microwave Frequency Fields; 2.4 Radio-Frequency Association of Weakly-Bound LiCs Dimers; 2.4.1 Spectroscopy of LiCs Feshbach dimers; 2.4.2 Model of the association lineshape; 2.4.3 Li-Cs scattering length and Feshbach resonances; References; 3 Universality of Li-Cs-Cs Efimov Resonances; 3.1 The Efimov Scenario in Ultracold Gases; 3.1.1 Experiments
3.2 Three-Body Scattering and the Efimov Effect3.2.1 Key Concepts of the Hyperspherical Formalism; 3.2.2 The Efimov Effect Within the Zero-Range Model; 3.2.3 The Efimov Scenario as Recombination Resonances; 3.3 Producing Ultracold Li-Cs Mixtures II; 3.3.1 Bichromatic Optical-Dipole Trap; 3.3.2 Experimental Procedure for the Sample Preparation at 100nK; 3.4 Observation of Li-Cs-Cs Efimov Resonances; 3.4.1 Atom-Loss Spectra; 3.4.2 Determination of Three-Body Loss Rates; 3.4.3 Simple Analysis of Efimov Resonance Positions; 3.4.4 Recombination Spectra at Finite Temperatures; References
4 Finite-Range Effects in Li-Cs-Cs Efimov Resonances4.1 The Three-Body Parameter and Finite-Range Interactions; 4.2 Minimalistic Model for the Three-Body Problem with Finite-Range Interactions; 4.2.1 The Born-Oppenheimer Approximation; 4.2.2 Weakly Bound LiCsCs Efimov Trimers with van der Waals Interactions; 4.3 Observation of Li-Cs-Cs Efimov Resonances with Tunable Cs Background Scattering Length; 4.3.1 Three-Body Recombination at Negative aCsCs; 4.3.2 Three-Body Recombination at Positive aCsCs; 4.3.3 Efimov Resonance Positions from the Hyperspherical Formalism
4.3.4 Crossover Between the VdW and Efimov RegimesReferences; 5 Conclusion and Outlook; References
2.2.3 Interactions and Weakly-Bound Dimers Close to a Feshbach Resonance2.3 Producing and Probing Ultracold Li-Cs Mixtures; 2.3.1 Experimental Procedure for the Sample Preparation at 400nK; 2.3.2 Homogenous Magnetic Fields; 2.3.3 Radio- and Microwave Frequency Fields; 2.4 Radio-Frequency Association of Weakly-Bound LiCs Dimers; 2.4.1 Spectroscopy of LiCs Feshbach dimers; 2.4.2 Model of the association lineshape; 2.4.3 Li-Cs scattering length and Feshbach resonances; References; 3 Universality of Li-Cs-Cs Efimov Resonances; 3.1 The Efimov Scenario in Ultracold Gases; 3.1.1 Experiments
3.2 Three-Body Scattering and the Efimov Effect3.2.1 Key Concepts of the Hyperspherical Formalism; 3.2.2 The Efimov Effect Within the Zero-Range Model; 3.2.3 The Efimov Scenario as Recombination Resonances; 3.3 Producing Ultracold Li-Cs Mixtures II; 3.3.1 Bichromatic Optical-Dipole Trap; 3.3.2 Experimental Procedure for the Sample Preparation at 100nK; 3.4 Observation of Li-Cs-Cs Efimov Resonances; 3.4.1 Atom-Loss Spectra; 3.4.2 Determination of Three-Body Loss Rates; 3.4.3 Simple Analysis of Efimov Resonance Positions; 3.4.4 Recombination Spectra at Finite Temperatures; References
4 Finite-Range Effects in Li-Cs-Cs Efimov Resonances4.1 The Three-Body Parameter and Finite-Range Interactions; 4.2 Minimalistic Model for the Three-Body Problem with Finite-Range Interactions; 4.2.1 The Born-Oppenheimer Approximation; 4.2.2 Weakly Bound LiCsCs Efimov Trimers with van der Waals Interactions; 4.3 Observation of Li-Cs-Cs Efimov Resonances with Tunable Cs Background Scattering Length; 4.3.1 Three-Body Recombination at Negative aCsCs; 4.3.2 Three-Body Recombination at Positive aCsCs; 4.3.3 Efimov Resonance Positions from the Hyperspherical Formalism
4.3.4 Crossover Between the VdW and Efimov RegimesReferences; 5 Conclusion and Outlook; References