Abstract: | A new ansatz is presentedfor analytic study of the properties of the Holstein model. New analytic resultsfor the polaronic band structure, ground state energy, phonon distribution, hopping probability of electron, and effectivemasses, of the Holstein molecular crystal model, are given in one dimension. All the analytic results obtained are inaccord with the numerical results completed recently and valid both in the adiabatic and nonadiabatic regimes, andaccurate enough in the region of validity. |