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Density Matrix Renormalization Group for Dummies

Other Condensed Matter 2009-04-15 v2 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We describe the Density Matrix Renormalization Group algorithms for time dependent and time independent Hamiltonians. This paper is a brief but comprehensive introduction to the subject for anyone willing to enter in the field or write the program source code from scratch.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0603842,
  title  = {Density Matrix Renormalization Group for Dummies},
  author = {G. De Chiara and M. Rizzi and D. Rossini and S. Montangero},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0603842},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

29 pages, 9 figures. Published version. An open source version of the code can be found at http://qti.sns.it/dmrg/phome.html