John Hubbard (physicist)

John Hubbard (October 27, 1931 – November 27, 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). 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]

John Hubbard
Born(1931-10-27)October 27, 1931[1]
London
DiedNovember 27, 1980(1980-11-27) (aged 49)
Alma materImperial College, London
Known for
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical condensed matter physics
InstitutionsIBM San Jose Research Laboratory
Atomic Energy Research Establishment
Thesis (1958)
Doctoral advisorStanley Raimes

References

  1. Quintanilla, Jorge; Chris Hooley (June 2009). "The strong-correlations puzzle". Physics World. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  2. Castro, George; Blume, Martin (April 1981). "Obituary: John Hubbard". Physics Today. 34 (4): 89–91. Bibcode:1981PhT....34d..89C. doi:10.1063/1.2914539.
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