Bounds on the minimal energy of translation invariant \(N\)-polaron systems (Q981720)

Systems of \(N\)-electrons interacting with longitudinal quantized lattice vibrations in a polar crystal can be modeled by the Frölich Hamiltonian. The parameters of this model, after removing ultraviolet cutoff, are the constants \(U>0\) and \(\alpha>0\), measuring the electron-electron and electron-phonon coupling strengths. The objective of the current paper is to investigate the minimal energy \(E_N\) of a \(N\)-electron system for large \(N\). Both upper and lower bounds are proved and a consequence is that \(E_N\sim -N^{7/3}\) for physical relevant models where the model constants satisfy \( \sqrt{2}\alpha<U\).