Unconventional electron-phonon interaction and nonadiabatic effects
The conventional understanding of the electron-phonon phenomenology in condensed matter strongly relies on the adiabatic assumption, i.e. that nuclei dynamics is much slower than the electron one. In solid crystals the validity of this assumption is usually related to the comparison of the phonon frequencies with the Fermi energy EF. In conventional systems , assuring thus the reliability of the adiabatic assumption.… Read the rest