Transport properties of electron-phonon coupled systems (B09)

• Subject Area: Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
• Term: since 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 217133147

This project aims at elucidating the interplay between the electronic and phononic sector in transport problems and in the energy-transfer processes between these subsystems. We employ model-based computational simulations to study polaronic charge and energy transport in spatially inhomogeneous systems, dynamical quantities such as the optical conductivity and spectral functions, and the real-time dynamics of polaronic charge carriers. Several manifestations of spatial inhomogeneity will be considered, including interfaces, charge-density wave states, disorder, and transient density variations resulting from different relaxation times of electrons versus phonons.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1073: Atomic Scale Control of Energy Conversion
• Applicant Institution: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Fabian Heidrich-Meisner