Korepin has made contributions to several fields of theoretical physics. Although he is best known for his involvement in condensed matter physics and mathematical physics, he significantly contributed to quantum gravity as well. In recent years, his work has focused on aspects of condensed matter physics relevant for quantum information.
Condensed matter
Among his contributions to condensed matter physics, we mention his studies on low-dimensional quantum gases. In particular, the 1D Hubbard model of strongly correlated fermions,[2] and the 1D Bose gas with delta potential interactions.[3]
He studied solitons in the sine-Gordon model. He determined their mass and scattering matrix, both semiclassically and to one loop corrections.[6]
Together with Anatoly Izergin, he discovered the 19-vertex model (sometimes called the Izergin-Korepin model).[7]
In 1993, together with A. R. Its, Izergin and N. A. Slavnov, he calculated space, time and temperature dependent correlation functions in the XX spin chain. The exponential decay in space and time separation of the correlation functions was calculated explicitly.[8]
Contributions to quantum information and quantum computation
Vladimir Korepin has produced results in the evaluation of the entanglement entropy of different dynamical models, such as interacting spins, Bose gases, and the Hubbard model.[14] He considered models with unique ground states, so that the entropy of the whole ground state is zero. The ground state is partitioned into two spatially separated parts: the block and the environment. He calculated the entropy of the block as a function of its size and other physical parameters. In a series of articles,[15][16][17][18][19] Korepin was the first to compute the analytic formula for the entanglement entropy of the XX (isotropic) and XY Heisenberg models. He used Toeplitz Determinants and Fisher-Hartwig Formula for the calculation. In the Valence-Bond-Solid states (which is the ground state of the Affleck-Kennedy-Lieb-Tasaki model of interacting spins), Korepin evaluated the entanglement entropy and studied the reduced density matrix.[20][21] He also worked on quantum search algorithms with Lov Grover.[22][23] Many of his publications on entanglement and quantum algorithms can be found on ArXiv.[24]
In May 2003, Korepin helped organize a conference on quantum and reversible computations in Stony Brook.[25] Another conference was on November 15–18, 2010, entitled the Simons Conference on New Trends in Quantum Computation.[26]
Books
Essler, F. H. L.; Frahm, H., Goehmann, F., Kluemper, A., & Korepin, V. E., The One-Dimensional Hubbard Model. Cambridge University Press (2005).
V.E. Korepin, N.M. Bogoliubov and A.G. Izergin, Quantum Inverse Scattering Method and Correlation Functions, Cambridge University Press (1993).
Exactly Solvable Models of Strongly Correlated Electrons. Reprint volume, eds. F.H.L. Essler and V.E. Korepin, World Scientific (1994).
Honours
Korepin's H-index is 68 with over 20431 citations.
In 1996 Korepin was elected fellow of the American Physical Society.[27]
Fellow of the International Association of Mathematical Physics and the Institute of Physics.[27]
^Its, A. R.; Jin, B. -Q.; Korepin, V. E. (2006). "Entropy of XY Spin Chain and Block Toeplitz Determinants". In I. Bender; D. Kreimer (eds.). Fields Institute Communications, Universality and Renormalization. Vol. 50. p. 151. arXiv:quant-ph/0606178. Bibcode:2006quant.ph..6178I.