Model of the electron-phonon interaction and optical conductivity of Ba 1-xK xBiO 3 superconductors

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Nourafkan, R ^a   Marsiglio, F ^b   Kotliar, G ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANHARMONIC PHONONS; BREATHING MODES; ELECTRON PHONON COUPLINGS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; FREQUENCY SCALE; HOLSTEIN MODEL; METALLIC PHASE; PARENT COMPOUNDS; PHONON FREQUENCIES; SINGLE BAND; SPECTRAL WEIGHT;

METAL INSULATOR TRANSITION; OPTICAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTIONS;

EID: 84863479016     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.017001     Document Type: Article

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