Spectral Functions of the Holstein Polaron: Exact and Approximate Solutions

Abstract

It is generally accepted that the dynamical mean field theory gives a good solution of the Holstein model, but only in dimensions greater than two. Here, we show that this theory, which becomes exact in the weak coupling and in the atomic limit, provides an excellent, numerically cheap, approximate solution for the spectral function of the Holstein model in the whole range of parameters, even in one dimension. To establish this, we make a detailed comparison with the spectral functions that we obtain using the newly developed momentum-space numerically exact hierarchical equations of motion method, which yields electronic correlation functions directly in real time. We crosscheck these conclusions with our path integral quantum Monte Carlo and exact diagonalization results, as well as with the available numerically exact results from the literature.

arXiv comment6 pages, 4 figures + supp.mat. 25 pages, 28 figures

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