Study of polaron properties using the momentum average approximation

In this work we present a highly efficient and accurate analytical approximation for the Green's function of a polaron: the momentum average (MA) approximation. It is obtained by summing all of the self-energy diagrams, but with each diagram averaged over the momenta of its free propagators. Th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goodvin, Glen L.
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/12701