Lattice and surface effects in the out-of-equilibrium dynamics of the Hubbard model (Articolo in rivista)

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  • Lattice and surface effects in the out-of-equilibrium dynamics of the Hubbard model (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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  • 2012-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.205118 (literal)
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  • Andre, Patrice; Schiro, M.; Fabrizio, Michele (2012)
    Lattice and surface effects in the out-of-equilibrium dynamics of the Hubbard model
    in Physical review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics
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  • Andre, Patrice; Schiro, M.; Fabrizio, Michele (literal)
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  • 85 (literal)
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  • 10 (literal)
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  • International School for Advanced Studies; CNR IOM Democritos; Princeton University; Princeton University; Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (literal)
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  • Lattice and surface effects in the out-of-equilibrium dynamics of the Hubbard model (literal)
Abstract
  • We study, by means of the time-dependent Gutzwiller approximation, the out-of-equilibrium dynamics of a half-filled Hubbard-Holstein model of correlated electrons interacting with local phonons. Inspired by pump-probe experiments, where intense light pulses selectively induce optical excitations that trigger a transient out-of-equilibrium dynamics, here we inject energy in the Hubbard bands by a nonequilibrium population of empty and doubly-occupied sites. We first consider the case of a global perturbation, acting over the whole sample, and find evidence of a mean-field dynamical transition where the lattice gets strongly distorted above a certain energy threshold, despite the weak strength of the electron-phonon coupling by comparison with the Hubbard repulsion. Next, we address a slab geometry for a correlated heterostructure and study the relaxation dynamics across the system when the perturbation acts locally on the first layer. While for weak deviations from equilibrium the excited surface is able to relax by transferring its excess energy to the bulk, for large deviations, the excess energy stays instead concentrated in the surface layer. This self-trapping occurs both in the absence as well as in the presence of electron-phonon coupling. Phonons actually enforce the trapping by distorting at the surface. (literal)
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