Published November 1996 | Version v1
Journal article

The Anharmonic Electron-Phonon Problem

  • 1. Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6030 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1200 (United States)
  • 3. Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221 (United States)
  • 4. Department of Physics, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 20057-0995 (United States)

Description

The anharmonic electron-phonon problem is solved in the infinite-dimensional limit using quantum Monte Carlo simulation. Charge-density-wave order is seen to remain at half filling even though the anharmonicity removes the particle-hole symmetry of the model. Superconductivity is strongly favored away from half filling but the anharmonicity does not enhance transition temperatures over the maximal values found in the harmonic limit. copyright 1996 The American Physical Society

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
77
Journal Issue
22
Journal Page Range
p. 4588-4591.
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO