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The density-matrix renormalization group in the age of matrix product states

2010/08/20 by Ulrich Schollwöck, Ulrich Schollwoeck · 2 voices · 4,127 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Algebraic structures and combinatorial models #Class (philosophy) #Density matrix renormalization group #Lattice (music) #Matrix product state #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Product (mathematics) #Quantum #Quantum many-body systems #Realization (probability) #Renormalization #Renormalization group #cond-mat.str-el

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.aop.2010.09.012

published in Annals of Physics 326(1), 96-192 (Elsevier BV) · 118 pages, 63 figures; minor changes in this final version: typos eliminated and a few references added

arxiv published 2010/08/20 · openalex publication_date 2010/10/02 · arxiv created 2011/01/03 · arxiv updated 2011/01/03 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

The density-matrix renormalization group method (DMRG) has established itself over the last decade as the leading method for the simulation of the statics and dynamics of one-dimensional strongly correlated quantum lattice systems. In the further development of the method, the realization that DMRG operates on a highly interesting class of quantum states, so-called matrix product states (MPS), has allowed a much deeper understanding of the inner structure of the DMRG method, its further potential and its limitations. In this paper, I want to give a detailed exposition of current DMRG thinking in the MPS language in order to make the advisable implementation of the family of DMRG algorithms in exclusively MPS terms transparent. I then move on to discuss some directions of potentially fruitful further algorithmic development: while DMRG is a very mature method by now, I still see potential for further improvements, as exemplified by a number of recently introduced algorithms.

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