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Sound Velocity Anomaly at the Mott Transition: application to organic conductors and V2O3

S. R. Hassan, A. Georges, H. R. Krishnamurthy

cond-mat.str-elarXiv:cond-mat/0405359

Abstract

Close to the Mott transition, lattice degrees of freedom react to the softening of electron degrees of freedom. This results in a change of lattice spacing, a diverging compressibility and a critical anomaly of the sound velocity. These effects are investigated within a simple model, in the framework of dynamical mean-field theory. The results compare favorably to recent experiments on the layered organic κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu[N(CN)2]Cl conductor . We predict that effects of a similar magnitude are expected for V2O3, despite the much larger value of the elastic modulus of this material.

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