Physics · Condensed Matter Physics
A topic within Condensed Matter Physics, itself one of 12 topics in that field and part of Physics.
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Philip W. Anderson
Shows that a large enough degree of random disorder in a crystal lattice can trap an electron's wavefunction entirely, halting diffusion even though every individual site would otherwise allow it.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Walter Kohn
Argues that a system's ground-state energy and properties are a functional of its electron density alone, replacing the many-body wavefunction with an object of only three variables and founding modern band-structure calculation.
link checked 17 Sept 2026