Advances in Polaron Physics

• Main Authors: Alexandrov, Alexandre S. (Author), Devreese, Jozef T. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, 159
• Subjects: Physics.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Condensed matter.; Solid state physics.; Superconductivity.; Superconductors.; Spectroscopy.; Microscopy.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Solid State Physics.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.; Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity.

While basic features of polarons were well recognized a long time ago and have been described in a number of review papers and textbooks, interest in the role of electron-phonon interactions and polaron dynamics in contemporary materials has recently gone through a vigorous revival. Electron-phonon...