The density-matrix renormalization group
Abstract
The density-matrix renormalization group (DMRG) is a numerical algorithm for the efficient truncation of the Hilbert space of low-dimensional strongly correlated quantum systems based on a rather general decimation prescription. This algorithm has achieved unprecedented precision in the description of one-dimensional quantum systems. It has therefore quickly acquired the status of method of choice for numerical studies of one-dimensional quantum systems. Its applications to the calculation of static, dynamic and thermodynamic quantities in such systems are reviewed. The potential of DMRG applications in the fields of two-dimensional quantum systems, quantum chemistry, three-dimensional small grains, nuclear physics, equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical physics, and time-dependent phenomena is discussed. This review also considers the theoretical foundations of the method, examining its relationship to matrix-product states and the quantum information content of the density matrices generated by DMRG.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0409292,
title = {The density-matrix renormalization group},
author = {Ulrich Schollwoeck},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0409292},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
accepted by Rev. Mod. Phys. in July 2004; scheduled to appear in the January 2005 issue