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Title: Beyond the single-site approximation modeling of electron-phonon coupling effects on resonant inelastic X-ray scattering spectra
Resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) is used increasingly for characterizing low-energy collective excitations inmaterials. RIXS is a powerful probe, which often requiressophisticated theoretical descriptions to interpret the data. Inparticular, the need for accurate theories describing the influence of electron-phonon (e-p) coupling on RIXS spectra is becoming timely, as instrument resolution improves and this energy regime is rapidly becoming accessible. To date, only rather exploratory theoretical work has beencarried out for such problems. We begin to bridge this gap byproposing a versatile variational approximation for calculating RIXS spectra in weakly doped materials, for a variety of models with diverse e-p couplings. Here, we illustrate some of its potential by studying the role of electron mobility, which is completely neglected in the widely used local approximation based on Lang-Firsov theory. Assuming that the e-p coupling is of the simplest, Holstein type, we discuss the regimes where the local approximation fails, and demonstrate that its improper use may grossly underestimate the e-p coupling strength.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1842056
PAR ID:
10295891
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
SciPost Physics
Volume:
11
Issue:
3
ISSN:
2542-4653
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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