Gregory Wannier

Gregory Wannier
Born
Gregory Hugh Wannier

(1911-12-30)30 December 1911
Basel, Switzerland
Died21 October 1983(1983-10-21) (aged 71)
Oregon, US
Alma materUniversity of Basel
Known forWannier equation
Wannier function
Wannier–Mott exciton
Kramers–Wannier duality
Geometrical frustration
Transfer-matrix method
Scientific career
FieldsSolid-state physics
Statistical mechanics
InstitutionsBell Labs
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
University of Oregon
Doctoral advisorErnst Stueckelberg
Eugene Wigner

Gregory Hugh Wannier (1911–1983) was a Swiss physicist.[1] He developed a complete set of orthogonal functions known as the Wannier functions[2][3] which became tools of the trade for solid-state theorists. He also had made contributions to ferromagnetic theory via the Ising model. The Kramers–Wannier duality yields the exact location of the critical point for the Ising model on the square lattice.[4]

  1. ^ Anderson, Philip W. (May 1984). "Obituary: Gregory Wannier". Physics Today. 37 (5): 100–101. Bibcode:1984PhT....37e.100A. doi:10.1063/1.2916218.
  2. ^ Wannier, G. H. (1937). "The structure of electronic excitation levels in insulating crystals". Physical Review. 52 (3): 191–197. Bibcode:1937PhRv...52..191W. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.52.191.
  3. ^ Wannier, G. H. (1962). "Dynamics of Band Electrons in Electric and Magnetic Fields". Reviews of Modern Physics. 34 (4): 645–655. Bibcode:1962RvMP...34..645W. doi:10.1103/RevModPhys.34.645.
  4. ^ Kramers, H. A.; Wannier, G. H. (1941). "Statistics of the two-dimensional ferromagnet". Physical Review. 60 (3): 252–262. Bibcode:1941PhRv...60..252K. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.60.252.