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The Anti-Jahn-Teller Polaron in LaMnO3

Philip B. Allen, Vasili Perebeinos

cond-mat.str-elarXiv:cond-mat/9811250

Abstract

Distortions of the oxygen sublattice couple to eg orbitals of Mn3+ and drive a cooperative Jahn-Teller (orbital ordering) transition in LaMnO3. A simple model for this transition is studied. Without further adjustment, the model predicts the shape and stability of small (anti-Jahn-Teller) polarons which form when holes are doped into the material. This leads to a new description of the lightly doped insulator, the anti-ferromagnetic to ferromagnetic transition, and the metal-insulator transition.

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