Mass-ratio condition for non-binding of three two-component particles with contact interactions

TL;DR

This paper derives a mass-ratio condition to determine when three two-component particles with contact interactions do not form bound states, providing specific thresholds for various angular momentum and parity sectors.

Contribution

It introduces a two-variable inequality to identify critical mass ratios preventing three-body binding across different particle types and angular momentum sectors.

Findings

Critical mass ratio for non-binding: 5.26 for L^P=1^-

Method extended to bosonic systems with different particles

Threshold values calculated for various angular momentum sectors

Abstract

Binding of two heavy fermions interacting with a light particle via the contact interaction is possible only for sufficiently large heavy-light mass ratio. In this work, the two-variable inequality is derived to determine a specific value $ \mu^* $ providing that there are no three-body bound states for the mass ratio smaller than $ \mu^* $. The value $ \mu^* = 5.26 $ is obtained by analyzing this inequality for a total angular momentum and parity $ L^P = 1^- $. For other $ L^P $ sectors, the specific mass-ratio values providing an absence of the three-body bound states are found in a similar way. For generality, the method is extended to determine corresponding mass-ratio values for the system consisting of two identical bosons and a distinct particle for different $ L^P $ ($ L > 0 $) sectors.