@article{ISI:000220993000047, abstract = {The persistent proximity of insulating and metallic phases, a puzzling characteristic of manganites, is argued to arise from the self-organization of the twofold degenerate e(g) orbitals of Mn into localized Jahn-Teller (JT) polaronic levels and broad band states due to the large electron-JT phonon coupling present in them. We describe a new two band model with strong correlations and a dynamical mean-field theory calculation of equilibrium and transport properties. These explain the insulator metal transition and colossal magnetoresistance quantitatively, as well as other consequences of two state coexistence.}, article-number = {157203}, author = {Ramakrishnan, TV and Krishnamurthy, HR and Hassan, SR and Pai, GV}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.157203}, issn = {0031-9007}, journal = {PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS}, month = {APR 16}, number = {15}, researcherid-numbers = {Pai, G. Venketeswara/A-1031-2009}, times-cited = {112}, title = {Theory of insulator metal transition and colossal magnetoresistance in doped manganites}, unique-id = {ISI:000220993000047}, volume = {92}, year = {2004} }