Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2010-10-15
D.J.J. Marchand, G. De Filippis, V. Cataudella, M. Berciu, N. Nagaosa, N.V. Prokof'ev, A.S. Mishchenko, and P.C.E. Stamp, Phys
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.266605
We study a single polaron in the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model using four different techniques (three numerical and one analytical). Polarons show a smooth crossover from weak to strong coupling, as a function of the electron-phonon coupling strength $\lambda$, in all models where this coupling depends only on phonon momentum $q$. In the SSH model the coupling also depends on the electron momentum $k$; we find it has a sharp transition, at a critical coupling strength $\lambda_c$, between states with zero and nonzero momentum of the ground state. All other properties of the polaron are also singular at $\lambda = \lambda_c$, except the average number of phonons in the polaronic cloud. This result is representative of all polarons with coupling depending on $k$ and $q$, and will have important experimental consequences (eg., in ARPES and conductivity experiments).
Berciu Mona
Cataudella Vittorio
Filippis Giulio de
Marchand D. J. J.
Mishchenko Alexander S.
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