Interaction of strongly correlated electrons and acoustical phonons
V. A. Moskalenko, P. Entel, D. F. Digor
Abstract
We investigate the interaction of correlated electrons with acoustical phonons using the extended \nHubbard–Holstein model. The Lang–Firsov canonical transformation allows one to obtain \nmobile polarons for which a new diagram technique and generalized Wick’s theorem is used. The \nphysics of emission and absorption of the collective phonon-field mode by the polarons is discussed \nin detail. In the strong-coupling limit of the electron-phonon interaction, and in the normal as \nwell as in the superconducting phase, chronological thermodynamical averages of products of \nacoustical phonon-cloud operators can be expressed by the products of one-cloud operator averages. \nWhile the normal one-cloud propagator has the form of a Lorentzian, the anomalous one is of \nGaussian form and considerably smaller. We have established the Mott–Hubbard and superconducting \nphase transitions in this model.