Steven R. White | |
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| Born | December 26, 1959 Lawton, Oklahoma |
| Education | University of California, San Diego (BA) Cornell (PhD) |
| Known for | Density Matrix Renormalization Group |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of California, Irvine |
| Doctoral advisor | Kenneth Wilson John Wilkins |
Steven R. White is a professor of physics at the University of California, Irvine. He is a condensed matter physicist who specializes in the simulation of quantum systems.[1] He graduated from the University of California, San Diego; he then received his Ph.D. at Cornell University, where he was a shared student with Kenneth Wilson and John Wilkins.[2]
He works mostly in condensed matter theory, specializing in computational techniques for strongly correlated systems.[3] These strongly correlated systems include both high-temperature superconductors and quantum spin liquids.[4] He is most known for inventing the Density Matrix Renormalization Group (DMRG) in 1992.[5] This is a numerical variational technique for high accuracy calculations of the low energy physics of quantum many-body systems. His over one hundred seventy papers on this and related subjects have been used and cited widely—his most cited article has received over seven thousand citations.
Awards
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellowship, 1982–1985
- Andrew D. White Supplementary Fellowship, 1982–1985
- IBM Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1988–1989
- American Physical Society, Fellow, 1998
- American Physical Society, Division Councilor for Computational Physics, 1999
- American Physical Society Aneesur Rahman Prize, 2003[2]
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2008)
- Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2016)[6]
- Physical Review Letters Milestone Paper of 1992 (Honored 2008)
- Perimeter Distinguished Visiting Research Chair (2012–present)
- Member, National Academy of Sciences (2018)[1]
Most cited publications
- White, Steven R. (1992-11-09). "Density matrix formulation for quantum renormalization groups". Physical Review Letters. 69 (19): 2863–2866. Bibcode:1992PhRvL..69.2863W. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.69.2863. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 10046608. Cited 2416 times, according to Web of Science, October, 2014; over 7000 citations, according to Google Scholar, February, 2023.
- White, Steven R. (1993-10-01). "Density-matrix algorithms for quantum renormalization groups". Physical Review B. 48 (14): 10345–10356. Bibcode:1993PhRvB..4810345W. doi:10.1103/physrevb.48.10345. ISSN 0163-1829. PMID 10007313. Cited 1598 times.
- Bickers, N. E.; Scalapino, D. J.; White, S. R. (1989-02-20). "Conserving Approximations for Strongly Correlated Electron Systems: Bethe-Salpeter Equation and Dynamics for the Two-Dimensional Hubbard Model". Physical Review Letters. 62 (8): 961–964. Bibcode:1989PhRvL..62..961B. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.62.961. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 10040382. Cited 657 times.
References
- 1 2 "Steven R. White". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- 1 2 2003 Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics Recipient: Steven R. White, American Physical Society, retrieved 2016-04-20
- ↑ "Quantum leaper". UCI News. 2011-06-20. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- ↑ "Steven R. White". Simons Foundation. 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- ↑ White, Steven R. (1992-11-09). "Density matrix formulation for quantum renormalization groups". Physical Review Letters. 69 (19): 2863–2866. Bibcode:1992PhRvL..69.2863W. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.2863. PMID 10046608.
- ↑ "Four from UCI elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences", UCI News, University of California, Irvine, April 20, 2016