THE GROUND-STATE OF AN EXTRA ELECTRON INTERACTING WITH ACOUSTIC PHONONS IN A MOLECULAR CHAIN

The ground state of a quasi-particle (exciton, electron or hole) inter acting with acoustic phonons in a one-dimensional chain, is investigat ed using the variational method. The diagram of states is obtained whi ch shows the regions of the electron-phonon coupling constant and of t he nonadiabaticity parameter where the ground state of a quasiparticle is described as an almost free electron state, a ''small polaron'', o r a spontaneously localized state. It is shown that the formation of a soliton-like state has a threshold with respect to the value of the e lectron-phonon interaction, whose critical value increases with increa sing nonadiabaticity parameter.