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The4He Trimer as an Efimov System

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We review the results obtained in the last four decades which demonstrate the Efimov nature of the4He three-atomic system.

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  1. Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, JINR, Joliot-Curie 6, 141980, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia

    E. A. Kolganova & A. K. Motovilov

  2. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bonn, Endenicher Allee 11-13, 53115, Bonn, Germany

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Dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the Efimov effect

Special issue devoted to Efimov physics.

This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), the Heisenberg-Landau Program, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.

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