Motion of the Piezoelectric Polaron at Zero Temperature
- 15 January 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 165 (3) , 993-998
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.165.993
Abstract
We analyze a series of theories which are used to obtain the energy-momentum relation for the piezoelectric polaron. Perturbation theory cannot be trusted, because there is a degeneracy in the unperturbed energy levels. The Tamm-Dancoff one-quantum cutoff in this case diagonalizes the degenerate states exactly, but has other shortcomings. The intermediate coupling theory gives what we believe is a reasonable energymomentum relation, which starts out quadratically and becomes approximately linear as the velocity approaches the speed of sound.Keywords
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