title: Formation of electron strings in narrow band polar semiconductors
abstract: We show that linear electron strings may arise in polar semiconductors. A single string consists of M spinless fermions trapped by an extended polarization well of a cigar shape. Inside the string the particles are free although they interact with each other via Coulomb forces. The strings arise as a result of an electronic phase separation associated with an instability of small adiabatic polarons. We have found the length of the string which depends on dielectric constants of semiconductors. The appearance of these electron strings may have an impact on the effect of stripe formation observed in a variety of high- T(c) experiments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Loughborough University, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom and Landau Institute, Moscow, Russia.
authors.initials: FV
authors.lastname: Kusmartsev