Vibronic states in La{2-x}BaxCuO4BaxCuO4

The temperature dependences of the resistivity R(T) and the thermoelectric power α(itT) under different hydrostatic pressuresP for the system La_{2-x}BavCuO₄, 0.11 ≤ x < -1.6, are reported and interpreted as evidence for strong electron coupling to oxygen vibrations along the CuO-Cu bond axes of the CuO₂ sheets. The sensitivity of the transport properties to the bending Φ of the (180‡-Φ) Cu-O-Cu bond angle and their insensitivity to long-range magnetic order indicate that the segregation into hole-rich and magnetic stripe domains is driven primarily by electron-lattice interactions and not by electron-electron interactions alone.