Numerical methods in many-body physics: an introduction to DMRG & Co I

Numerical methods in many-body physics: an introduction to DMRG & Co I

Seminar author:Gabriele De Chiara

Event date and time:02/04/2011 01:00:pm

Event location:IFAE Seminar Room

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I will present a survey on the many-body problem and some numerical techniques to deal with it. In particular I will concentrate on the density matrix renormalization group algorithm, describing its capabilities, limitations and recent breakthroughs inspired by Quantum Information theory.

References:
U. Schollwöck, The density-matrix renormalization group in the age of matrix product states, Ann. Phys. (NY) 326, 96 (2011).

U. Schollwöck, The density-matrix renormalization group, Rev. Mod. Phys. 77, 259 (2005).