Hubbard versus Peierls and the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model of polyacetylene

Autor: D. E. Heim, Steven A. Kivelson
Rok vydání: 1982
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Zdroj: Physical Review B. 26:4278-4292
ISSN: 0163-1829
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.26.4278
Popis: We have considered the competing effects of the electron-electron Hubbard repulsion and the electron-phonon interaction on the properties of a one-dimensional electron gas both within perturbation theory and by exact numerical solution of finite-length rings. We find that the perturbation-theory results provide a qualitatively correct description of the system over a considerable range of parameters. Among the more interesting conclusions we draw is that, so long as the repulsion $U$ is less than a critical value which depends on the strength of the electron-phonon interaction, the predictions of the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model of polyacetylene are not profoundly affected by the electron-electron repulsion. A small splitting between the charged and neutral soliton-creation energies and minor shape changes are the principle effects.
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