Ab Initio Polaron Wave Functions

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Auteurs principaux: Robinson, Paul J., Lee, Joonho, Mahajan, Ankit, Reichman, David R.
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Publié: 2024
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author Robinson, Paul J.
Lee, Joonho
Mahajan, Ankit
Reichman, David R.
author_facet Robinson, Paul J.
Lee, Joonho
Mahajan, Ankit
Reichman, David R.
contents In this work we demonstrate that accurate ground state wave functions may be constructed for polarons in a fully ab initio setting across the wide range of couplings associated with both the large and small polaron limits. We present a single general unitary transformation approach which encompasses an ab initio version of the Lee-Low-Pines theory at weak coupling and the coherent state Landau-Pekar framework at strong coupling while interpolating between these limits in general cases. We show that perturbation theory around these limits may be performed in a facile manner to assess the accuracy of the approach, as well as provide an independent route to the ab initio properties of polarons. We test these ideas on the case of LiF, where the electron-polaron is expected to be large and relatively weakly coupled, while the hole-polaron is expected to be a strongly coupled small polaron.
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spellingShingle Ab Initio Polaron Wave Functions
Robinson, Paul J.
Lee, Joonho
Mahajan, Ankit
Reichman, David R.
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Materials Science
In this work we demonstrate that accurate ground state wave functions may be constructed for polarons in a fully ab initio setting across the wide range of couplings associated with both the large and small polaron limits. We present a single general unitary transformation approach which encompasses an ab initio version of the Lee-Low-Pines theory at weak coupling and the coherent state Landau-Pekar framework at strong coupling while interpolating between these limits in general cases. We show that perturbation theory around these limits may be performed in a facile manner to assess the accuracy of the approach, as well as provide an independent route to the ab initio properties of polarons. We test these ideas on the case of LiF, where the electron-polaron is expected to be large and relatively weakly coupled, while the hole-polaron is expected to be a strongly coupled small polaron.
title Ab Initio Polaron Wave Functions
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.08700