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Compared to isolated C$_{60}^{3-}$ ions, characterized by a threedimensional equipotential trough at the bottom of the lowest adiabatic potential energy surface (APES), the Jahn-Teller (JT) effect in cubic fullerides is additionally…
Dynamical Jahn-Teller effect has escaped so far direct observation in metallic systems. It is particularly believed to be quenched also in correlated conductors with orbitally degenerate sites such as cubic fullerides. Here the Gutzwiller…
The dynamical Jahn-Teller effect of C$_{60}^{n-}$ anions ($n = $ 1-5) is studied using the numerical diagonalization of the linear $p^n \otimes 8d$ Jahn-Teller Hamiltonian with the currently established coupling parameters. It is found that…
We report the temperature dependent mid- and near-infrared spectra of K4C60, Rb4C60 and Cs4C60. The splitting of the vibrational and electronic transitions indicates a molecular symmetry change of C604- which brings the fulleride anion from…
The Jahn-Teller effect of C$_{60}$ anions in the first electronically excited states was theoretically investigated. The orbital vibronic coupling parameters for the $t_{1g}$ next lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals were derived from the…
The quadratic Jahn-Teller effect of C$_{60}^{n-}$ ($n=$ 1-5) is investigated from the first principles. Employing the density functional theory calculations with hybrid functional, the quadratic vibronic coupling constants of C$_{60}^-$…
Cs3C60 is a correlated superconductor under pressure, but an insulator under ambient conditions. The mechanism causing this insulating behavior is the combination of Mott localization and the dynamic Jahn-Teller effect. We show evidence…
Alkali-doped fullerides A$_n$C$_{60}$ show a remarkably wide range of electronic phases in function of A= Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs and the degree of doping, $n=1-5$. While the presence of strong electron correlations is well established, recent…
Vibronic coupling parameters for C$_{60}^{+}$ were derived via DFT calculations with hybrid B3LYP and CAM-B3LYP functional, based on which the static Jahn-Teller effect were analyzed. The global minima of adiabatic potential energy surface…
The fine structure and temperature evolution of infrared spectra have been intensively used to probe the nature of Jahn-Teller dynamics in correlated materials. At the same time, theoretical framework to adequately extract the information…
For the first time, magnetic properties of fullerides have been studied using a torque technique. Rb3C60 single crystal has been investigated in these experiments. It was shown that this method is sensitive to the structural phase…
A recent Letter reports photoemission data for the free C60 molecule, showing an interesting three-peak structure, presented as evidence of dynamic Jahn-Teller (DJT) effect in the C60+ ion. Those data constitute, along with earlier spectra…
The ground state energy shifts and excitation spectra of charged buckminsterfullerene C$_{60}^{n-}$, $n=1,\ldots 5$ are calculated. The electron--vibron Hamiltonian of Part I is extended to include all $A_g$ and $H_g$ modes with…
The electron-phonon interaction in $C_{70}$ anions is studied by making use of a lattice relaxation approach. We find there exists a Jahn-Teller effect in $C_{70}^{3-}$ system, due to an extra electron being doped to the double degenerate…
Through 13C NMR spin lattice relaxation (T1) measurements in cubic Na2C60, we detect a gap in its electronic excitations, similar to that observed in tetragonal A4C60. This establishes that Jahn-Teller distortions (JTD) and strong…
We compute the vibronic spectrum of gas phase fullerene negative ions C_{60}^{-} and C_{60}^{2-}. We treat accurately the linear dynamical Jahn-Teller of these ions in their ground state. In particular, coupling of the t_{1u} orbital to the…
It is now well known that electron (hole)-vibron coupling and hence Jahn-Teller (JT) effect is important understanding the properties of $C_{60}$ and related molecules. In this paper, we study $H\otimes (2h\oplus g)$ coupling case to find…
We review some theoretical aspects connected with the interplay of strong electron correlations and vibron phenomena in negative fullerene ions and in solid fulleride conductors, superconductors and insulators. The first part covers…
This paper reviews recent experimental and theoretical developments of the dynamic Jahn-Teller effect-driven phenomena in heavy transition metal-based spin-orbit Mott insulators. In cubic $4d/5d$ transition metal compounds, the spin,…
Exotic quantum phases, arising from a complex interplay of charge, spin, lattice and orbital degrees of freedom, are of immense interest to a wide research community. A well-known example of such an entangled behavior is the Jahn-Teller…