Equivalence of two definitions of the effective mass of a polaron

Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Statistical mechanics of solids (82D20) Statistical mechanics of crystals (82D25)

Abstract: Two definitions of the effective mass of a particle interacting with a quantum field, such as a polaron, are considered and shown to be equal in models similar to the Froehlich polaron model. These are: 1. the mass defined by the low momentum energy

E (P) a p p r o x E (0) + P^{2} / 2 M

of the translation invariant system constrained to have momentum

P

and 2. the mass

M

of a simple particle in an arbitrary slowly varying external potential,

V

, described by the nonrelativistic Schroedinger equation, whose ground state energy equals that of the combined particle/field system in a bound state in the same

V

.

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Two definitions of the effective mass of a particle interacting with a quantum field, such as a polaron, are considered and shown to be equal in models similar to the Fröhlich polaron model. These are: 1. Mass defined by the low momentum energy \(E(P)\approx E(0)+P^2/2M\) of the translation invariant system constrained to have momentum \(P\). 2. Mass \(M\) of a simple particle in an arbitrary slowly varying external potential, \(V\), described by the nonrelativistic Schrödinger equation, whose ground state energy equals that of the combined particle/field system in a bound state in the same \(V\).

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