Polaron Mass and Electron-Phonon Correlations in the Holstein Model

Abstract

The Holstein Molecular Crystal Model is investigated by a strong coupling perturbative method which, unlike the standard Lang-Firsov approach, accounts for retardation effects due to the spreading of the polaron size. The effective mass is calculated to the second perturbative order in any lattice dimensionality for a broad range of (anti)adiabatic regimes and electron-phonon couplings. The crossover from a large to a small polaron state is found in all dimensionalities for adiabatic and intermediate adiabatic regimes. The phonon dispersion largely smooths such crossover which is signalled by polaron mass enhancement and on site localization of the correlation function. The notion of self-trapping together with the conditions for the existence of light polarons, mainly in two- and three-dimensions, are discussed. By the imaginary time path integral formalism I show how non local electron-phonon correlations, due to dispersive phonons, renormalize downwards the {\it e-ph} coupling justifying the possibility for light and essentially small 2D Holstein polarons.

Advances in Condensed Matter Physics (2009). Special Issue on "Phonons and Electron Correlations in High-Temperature and Other Novel Superconductors"

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