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1Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Universität Würzburg, Germany. martin.hohenadler@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de
Abstract:
We use continuous-time quantum Monte Carlo simulations to study retardation effects in the metallic, quarter-filled Holstein model in one dimension. Based on results which include the one- and two-particle spectral functions as well as the optical conductivity, we conclude that with increasing phonon frequency the ground state evolves from one with dominant diagonal order-2k(F) charge correlations-to one with dominant off-diagonal fluctuations, namely s-wave pairing correlations. In the parameter range of this crossover, our numerical results support the existence of a spin gap for all phonon frequencies. The crossover can hence be interpreted in terms of preformed pairs corresponding to bipolarons, which are essentially localized in the Peierls phase, and 'condense' with increasing phonon frequency to generate dominant pairing correlations.
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