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Motivated by the observation in copper-oxide high-temperature superconductors, we investigate the appearance of kinks in the electronic dispersion due to coupling to phonons for a system with strong electronic repulsion. We study a Hubbard…
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We consider non-equilibrium relaxation of electrons due to their coupling with phonons in a simple metal. In our model electrons are living at a higher temperature than that of the phonon bath, mimicking a non-equilibrium steady state…
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