2009 Dirac Medal

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*2009 Dirac Medal*

 

On the occasion of the birthday of P.A.M. Dirac

we take pleasure in announcing that

the 2009 Dirac Medal and Prize

will be awarded to**

 

*Professor Roberto Car*

Department of Chemistry, Princeton University

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*Professor Michele Parrinello*

Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences

Università della Svizzera italiana **

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                                The 2009 Dirac Medal recognizes the
                                joint contributions of Roberto

                                Car and Michele Parrinello in developing
                                the /ab// initio/ simulation

                                method in which they combined, elegantly
                                and imaginatively, the

                                quantum mechanical density functional
                                method for the calculation of

                                the electronic properties of matter with
                                molecular dynamics methods

                                for the Newtonian simulation of atomic
                                motions. The Car-Parrinello

                                method has had an enormous impact,
                                joining together the fields of

                                simulation and of electronic structure
                                theory, and has given rise to a

                                variety of applications well beyond
                                condensed matter physics.

                                 

                                 

                                 

                                 

                                 

                                                                                                            
                                8 August 2009

 

 

 

 

 

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