title: Mobile bipolaron
abstract: We explore the properties of the bipolaron in a 1D Holstein-Hubbard model with dynamical quantum phonons. Using a recently developed variational method combined with analytical strong coupling calculations, we compute correlation functions, effective mass, bipolaron isotope effect, and the phase diagram. The two site bipolaron has a significantly reduced mass and isotope effect compared to the on-site bipolaron, and is bound in the strong coupling regime up to twice the Hubbard U naively expected. The model can be described in this regime as an effective t-J-V model with nearest neighbor repulsion. These are the most accurate bipolaron calculations to date.
authors.affiliation: FMF, University of Ljubljana and J. Stefan Institute, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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authors.lastname: Bon&cbreve;a
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authors.lastname: Katrasnik
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authors.lastname: Trugman