1st Edition
Polarons and Bipolarons An Introduction
This book provides a comprehensive review of the subject of polaron and a thorough account of the sophisticated theories of the polaron. It explains the concept of the polaron physics in as simple a manner as possible and presents the theoretical techniques and mathematical derivations in great detail. Anybody who follows this book will develop a solid command over the subject both conceptually and technically and will be in a position to contribute to this field.
Section I Basic Polaron Concepts
1 Qualitative Picture
Section II Continuum Polarons
2 The Frohlich Hamiltonian
3 Exactly Soluble Polaron Models
4 Weak and Intermediate Coupling Solutions of the Frohlich Hamiltonian
5 Strong-Coupling Solutions of the Frohlich Hamiltonian
6 Attempts at All-Coupling Solutions of the Frohlich Hamiltonian
7 Path-Integral Solutions of the Frohlich Hamiltonian
8 Green’s Function Theories for the Frohlich Polaron
9 The Bound Polaron Problem
10 Magneto-Optics of Polarons
11 Large Optical Bipolaron
12 Instabilities in the Polaron Models
Section III _Polarons in Arbitrary Dimensions
and Confined System
13 Multi-Dimensional Polarons and Bound Polarons
14 Polarons in Confined Geometries
15 Bipolarons in a Quantum Dot
16 Magneto-Polarons in a Quantum Dot
17 Polarons in One Dimension: Frohlich・Toyozawa・Luttinger Model
Section IV Polarons in Tight-binding Models
18 Small Polaron: Holstein Model
19 Polaron in Tight Binding Models with Coulomb Correlation
20 Non-Equilibrium Transport through a Single-Molecular Transistor
Biography
Prof. Ashok Chatterjee is a Professor at School of Physics, University of Hyderabad in India.
Soma Mukhopadhyay, is a Professor at CMR College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, India.
