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Phys. Rev. B 57, 10569–10575 (1998)

Phase diagram for large two-dimensional bipolarons in a magnetic field

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Wilson B. da Costa* and François M. Peeters
Universiteit Antwerpen (UIA), Departement Natuurkunde, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerpen, Belgium

Received 14 January 1997; published in the issue dated 1 May 1998

We perform a path-integral calculation of the ground state energy of a bipolaron confined to two dimensions and which is placed in a perpendicular magnetic field. The present calculation is valid for arbitrary magnetic field strength, arbitrary strength of the repulsion between the electrons, and arbitrary electron-phonon coupling constant. We find that the bipolaron exhibits (1) a discontinuous transition from the polaronic state to the bipolaronic state and (2) a transition from the dressed (bi)polaron state to the (bi)polaron stripped state. These three transitions depend on the magnetic field and the strength of the repulsion between the electrons.

© 1998 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.57.10569
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.57.10569
PACS:
71.38.+i, 63.20.Kr, 73.20.-r

*Present address: Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, CEP 79070-900, Campo Grande (MS), Brazil.

Electronic mail: peeters@uia.ua.ac.be