Steven R. White
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Steven R. White
| birth_date = December 26, 1959
| birth_place = Lawton, Oklahoma
| workplaces = University of California, Irvine
| education = University of California, San Diego (BA)
Cornell (PhD)
| doctoral_advisor = Kenneth Wilson
John Wilkins
| known_for = Density Matrix Renormalization Group
}}
{{short description|American physicist}}
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.{{Cite web |title=Steven R. White |url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/20044145.html |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=www.nasonline.org}} 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.
He works mostly in condensed matter theory, specializing in computational techniques for strongly correlated systems.{{Cite web |date=2011-06-20 |title=Quantum leaper |url=https://news.uci.edu/2011/06/20/quantum-leaper/ |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=UCI News |language=en-US}} These strongly correlated systems include both high-temperature superconductors and quantum spin liquids.{{Cite web |date=2014-02-19 |title=Steven R. White |url=https://www.simonsfoundation.org/people/steven-white/ |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=Simons Foundation |language=en-US}} He is most known for inventing the Density Matrix Renormalization Group (DMRG) in 1992.{{Cite journal |last=White |first=Steven R. |date=1992-11-09 |title=Density matrix formulation for quantum renormalization groups |journal=Physical Review Letters |volume=69 |issue=19 |pages=2863–2866 |doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.2863|pmid=10046608 |bibcode=1992PhRvL..69.2863W }} 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{{citation|url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?first_nm=Steven&last_nm=White&year=2003|title=2003 Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics Recipient: Steven R. White|publisher=American Physical Society|accessdate=2016-04-20}}
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2008)
- Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2016){{citation|url=https://news.uci.edu/faculty/four-from-uci-elected-to-american-academy-of-arts-and-sciences/|newspaper=UCI News|publisher=University of California, Irvine|title=Four from UCI elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences|date=April 20, 2016}}
- Physical Review Letters Milestone Paper of 1992 (Honored 2008)
- Perimeter Distinguished Visiting Research Chair (2012–present)
- Member, National Academy of Sciences (2018)
Most cited publications
- {{cite journal | last=White | first=Steven R. | title=Density matrix formulation for quantum renormalization groups | journal=Physical Review Letters | volume=69 | issue=19 | date=1992-11-09 | issn=0031-9007 | doi=10.1103/physrevlett.69.2863 | pages=2863–2866| pmid=10046608 | bibcode=1992PhRvL..69.2863W }} Cited 2416 times, according to Web of Science, October, 2014; over 7000 citations, according to Google Scholar, February, 2023.
- {{cite journal | last=White | first=Steven R. | title=Density-matrix algorithms for quantum renormalization groups | journal=Physical Review B | volume=48 | issue=14 | date=1993-10-01 | issn=0163-1829 | doi=10.1103/physrevb.48.10345 | pages=10345–10356| pmid=10007313 | bibcode=1993PhRvB..4810345W }} Cited 1598 times.
- {{cite journal | last1=Bickers | first1=N. E. | last2=Scalapino | first2=D. J. | last3=White | first3=S. R. | title=Conserving Approximations for Strongly Correlated Electron Systems: Bethe-Salpeter Equation and Dynamics for the Two-Dimensional Hubbard Model | journal=Physical Review Letters | volume=62 | issue=8 | date=1989-02-20 | issn=0031-9007 | doi=10.1103/physrevlett.62.961 | pages=961–964| pmid=10040382 | bibcode=1989PhRvL..62..961B }} Cited 657 times.
References
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External links
- {{cite web|title=Steven White's home page at the University of California, Irvine | url=http://www.physics.uci.edu/people/steven-r-white}}
- {{cite web|title=List of his papers at arXiv, submitted as Steven White| url=http://www.arxiv.org/find/cond-mat/1/au:+White_Steven/0/1/0/all/0/1 }}
- {{cite web|title=List of his papers at arXiv, submitted as S.R. White|url=http://www.arxiv.org/find/cond-mat/1/au:+White_S_R/0/1/0/all/0/1}}
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