The Simons Foundation has launched the Simons Collaboration on the Many Electron Problem, with the goal of revolutionizing our ability to calculate and understand the properties of molecules and solids important in chemistry, physics and everyday life.
The Simons Foundation’s Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MPS) division is pleased to announce the creation of the Simons Collaboration on the Many Electron Problem, a program focused on developing, implementing and applying new methods for determining the quantum mechanical behavior of systems comprising many interacting electrons. The goal is to advance our understanding of the electronic properties of molecules and solids important in physics, chemistry and technology.
“The Simons collaboration brings together scientists who have developed the most exciting new approaches. It addresses issues that are often neglected,” says Steven White, a faculty member at the University of California, Irvine, and one of the collaboration’s directors. “It will foster communication between scientists who largely work in different fields, helping the transfer of techniques and ideas.”...