1993/11/18 by J. González, J. Gonzalez, F. Guinea +5
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Chemical Physics Studies #Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions #Condensed Matter (cond-mat) #FOS: Physical sciences #Fullerene Chemistry and Applications #cond-mat
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We study the Coulomb interactions in fullerene molecules within a continuum formalism. The model gives rise to a renormalizable field theory, which has many similarities to standard quantum electrodynamics. The effective electric charge at low energies is reduced by screening processes. The associated renormalization of the one electron Green's function leads to the vanishing of the quasiparticle pole. It implies the dissappearance of coherent one particle excitations, in close analogy to the one dimensional Luttinger liquid. The relevance of these results for C60 and related molecules is discussed.