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Phonon anomalies due to strong electronic correlations in layered organic metals

J. Merino, Ross H. McKenzie

cond-mat.str-elarXiv:cond-mat/0007173

Abstract

We show how the coupling between the phonons and electrons in a strongly correlated metal can result in phonon frequencies which have a non-monotonic temperature dependence. Dynamical mean-field theory is used to study the Hubbard-Holstein model that describes the κ-(BEDT-TTF)2 X family of superconducting molecular crystals. The crossover with increasing temperature from a Fermi liquid to a bad metal produces phonon anomalies that are consistent with recent Raman scattering and acoustic experiments.

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