Dielectric screening in doped Fullerides.

Koch E., Gunnarsson O., Martin R.M.

For conventional superconductors the electron-electron interaction is strongly reduced by retardation effects, making the formation of Cooper pairs possible. In the alkali-doped fullerides, however, there are no strong retardation effects. But dielectric screening can reduce the electron-electron interaction sufficiently, if we assume that the random-phase approximation (RPA) is valid. It is not clear, however, if this assumption holds, since the alkali-doped fullerides are strongly correlated systems close to a Mott transition. To test the validity of the RPA for these systems we have calculated the screening of a test charge using quantum Monte Carlo.
 

in: Electronic Properties of novel Materials. Eds. H. Kuzmany, J. Fink, M. Mehring, S. Roth. Woodbury, NY: AIP, 292-295 (CP442) (1998 Kirchberg Winterschool Proc.).


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