Possible (bi)Polaron Effects in the High-<i>T</i><sub>c</sub>Superconductors
G. VerbistUniversity of Antwerp (UIA), Department of Physics, Universiteitsplein 1(N), B-2610 Antwerpen, BelgiumF. M. PeetersUniversity of Antwerp (UIA), Department of Physics, Universiteitsplein 1(N), B-2610 Antwerpen, BelgiumJ. T. DevreeseEindhoven University of Technology, NL-5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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In the present paper, the theory of the large bipolaron is reviewed and the possibility of bipolaron formation in the high-Tc superconductors is indicated. Operator and path-integral formulations of the large bipolaron problem are compared. In the strong-coupling limit, the effect of non-optimal upperbounds to the single-polaron groundstate energy is emphasized. The fact that the interaction with multiple phonon branches enhances the electron–photon interaction and might result in a larger stability region for bipolaron formation is indicated. Experimental values for the static and high-frequency dielectric constants are used to discuss the relevance of bipolaron formation as a pair-forming mechanism in the high-Tc superconductors.
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