Quantum phonons and the peierls transition temperature

H. Zheng; S. Y. Zhu; Wei-Yeu Chen

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.65.014304

Quantum phonons and the peierls transition temperature

H. Zheng, S. Y. Zhu, Wei-Yeu Chen

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The effect of quantum phonons on the Peierls transition temperature in a one-dimensional commensurate system is studied. The nonadiabatic effect due to finite phonon frequency ω_p>0 are treated through an energy-dependent electron-phonon scattering function δ(k′, k). By using the Green's-function perturbation theory we have shown that our theory gives a good description of the effect of quantum phonons: (i) There exists a critical electron-phonon coupling g_c². The Peierls transition temperature T_p=0 when the coupling g²<g_c² and T_p increases with increasing g²>g_c². (ii) The ratio 2Δ/T_p could be much larger than the BCS value 3.527.

Original language	English
Article number	014304
Pages (from-to)	143041-143048
Number of pages	8
Journal	Physical Review B
Volume	65
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.65.014304
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2002

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