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The Polaron: Ground State, Excited States, and Far from Equilibrium

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We describe a variational approach for solving the Holstein polaron model with dynamical quantum phonons on an infinite lattice. The method is simple, fast, extremely accurate, and gives ground and excited state energies and wavefunctions at any momentum k. The method can also be used to calculate coherent quantum dynamics for inelastic tunneling and for strongly driven polarons far from equilibrium.

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  1. Theory Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87545

    S. A. Trugman & Janez Bonča

  2. FMF, University of Ljubljana and J. Stefan Institute, 1000, Slovenia

    Janez Bonča

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Trugman, S.A., Bonča, J. The Polaron: Ground State, Excited States, and Far from Equilibrium. Journal of Superconductivity 12, 221–223 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007791502523

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