Exotic molecules embedded into continuum refuse to break apart, defying initial expectations

 14 March 2024
 Quantum Physics News

Researchers have unveiled the extraordinary behavior of weakly-bound three-atomic molecules, defying conventional understanding of quantum mechanics. In a study recently published in Nature Communications, a team of scientists from Bar-Ilan University in Israel, in collaboration with theoreticians in the United States, sheds light on the mysterious resilience of these exotic molecules against dissociation.