Abstract
Materials with correlated electrons exhibit some of the most intriguing phenomena in condensed matter physics. A new theoretical framework is now allowing theorists to calculate the electronic structure of these materials, which can exist in a rich variety of phases.
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Dynamical mean field theoryMean field theoryVariety (cybernetics)ElectronPhysicsStatistical physicsField (mathematics)Strongly correlated materialTheoretical physicsCondensed matter physicsNanotechnologyMaterials scienceQuantum mechanicsMathematicsStatistics
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- 2004
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 57
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 53-59
- Citations
- 735
- Access
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Gabriel Kotliar,
D. Vollhardt
(2004).
Strongly Correlated Materials: Insights From Dynamical Mean-Field Theory.
Physics Today
, 57
(3)
, 53-59.
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1712502
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- DOI
- 10.1063/1.1712502