John Hubbard (physicist)
John Hubbard (27 October 1931 – 27 November 1980) was a British physicist, best known for the Hubbard model for interacting electrons, the Hubbard–Stratonovich transformation, and the Hubbard approximations. He graduated from Imperial College London, receiving a B.Sc. (1955) and a Ph.D. degree (1958).
John Hubbard | |
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| Born | 27 October 1931[1] London |
| Died | 27 November 1980 (aged 49) |
| Alma mater | Imperial College, London |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical condensed matter physics |
| Institutions | IBM San Jose Research Laboratory Atomic Energy Research Establishment |
| Thesis | (1958) |
| Doctoral advisor | Stanley Raimes |
He was the Head of the Solid State Theory Group at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment in Harwell (England), and worked at the IBM Research Laboratory in San Jose, California (1976–1980).[2]
References
- Quintanilla, Jorge; Chris Hooley (June 2009). "The strong-correlations puzzle". Physics World. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- Castro, George; Blume, Martin (April 1981). "Obituary: John Hubbard". Physics Today. 34 (4): 89–91. Bibcode:1981PhT....34d..89C. doi:10.1063/1.2914539.
External links
- Biography by A. L. Kuzemsky, 2006.
- Rice, T. M. (1981). "Commemoration of John Hubbard (1931–1980)". Disordered Systems and Localization (PDF). Lecture Notes in Physics. Vol. 149. Berlin / Heidelberg: Springer. pp. 1–2. doi:10.1007/BFb0012538.
- John Hubbard 1931–1980 by David Thouless, 18 June 2013
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