Abstract
We study the effect of electron-electron correlations on the energetics of solitons in electron-phonon models of quasi one-dimensional materials. In these combined Peierls-Hubbard models, by use of quantum Monte Carlo techniques, we (1) establish that the ground state of an odd chain, singly charged or neutral, is a soliton; (2) calculate neutral-soliton creation energies; and (3) prove that "soliton doping" persists in the presence of correlations. We discuss the relevance of our results for trans-polyacetylene.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1717-1720 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical review letters |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue number | 19 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1984 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy