Biography:Walter Kohn
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| Walter Kohn | |
| Born | 9 March 1923 Vienna, Austria |
| Died | 19 April 2016 Santa Barbara, California, United States
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| Known for | Density functional theory; Kohn-Sham equations; electronic structure theory |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1998) |
Walter Kohn (9 March 1923 - 19 April 2016) was an Austrian-American theoretical physicist whose work made density functional theory a practical foundation for quantum chemistry and materials calculations.
Quantum context
Kohn's work with Lu Jeu Sham reformulated the many-electron quantum problem in terms of an electron density and an auxiliary system of single-particle equations. The resulting Kohn-Sham method became one of the most widely used tools for electronic structure.
In the Quantum Collection he is linked from computational quantum chemistry because density functional theory is a bridge between quantum many-body theory, chemistry, and materials science.
Linked Quantum Collection pages
- Physics:Quantum computational chemistry
- Physics:Quantum chemistry
- Physics:Quantum molecular orbital
- Physics:Quantum materials solid state
References
- "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1998". Nobel Prize Outreach. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1998/summary/.
- Kohn, W.; Sham, L. J. (1965). "Self-Consistent Equations Including Exchange and Correlation Effects". Physical Review 140 (4A): A1133-A1138. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.140.A1133.
Author: Harold Foppele
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