127:
My interests have included orientational ordering in solid molecular hydrogen (some with H. Meyer), critical properties of numerous random systems (often in collaboration with T. C. Lubensky), the crystal structure and dynamics of fullerenes (often with T. Yildirim), spin dynamics of frustrated
61:
to complete his doctoral thesis with Meyer and then was an instructor there from 1962 to 1964. During 1961–1964 at Duke
University Harris retrained himself as a theorist in condensed matter physics and then spent the academic year 1964/65 as a researcher working with
140:
He has also collaborated in theoretical condensed matter physics with R. J. Birgeneau (MIT), J. Yeomans (Oxford), R. D. Kamien (Penn), C. Broholm (Johns
Hopkins), and A. Ramirez (Bell Labs).
229:
234:
the impurities do not affect the critical behavior (so that the critical behavior is then stable against the random interference). For example, in the classical three-dimensional
307:
269:
711:
189:
333:
169:
726:
100:
for his contributions to the statistical physics of disordered systems, especially for the development of the Harris criterion. From 1967 to 1969 he was
736:
731:
151:, defects, dislocations, or impurities). Such impurities "smear" the phase transition and lead to local variations in the transition temperature. Let
93:
in 2005. He was visiting scientist at Sandia
National Laboratories in 1974 and at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 2002.
530:
67:
78:, Harris became in 1965 an assistant professor and in 1977 a full professor, continuing there until his retirement as professor emeritus.
643:
Thomas Vojta, Rastko
Sknepnek (July 2004). "Critical points and quenched disorder: From Harris criterion to rare regions and smearing".
721:
136:, and T. Yildirim) and the symmetry properties of frustrated magnets which exhibit simultaneous magnetic and ferroelectric ordering.
716:
82:
354:“Single-Particle Excitations in Narrow Energy Bands,” A. Brooks Harris and Robert V. Lange, Phys. Rev. 157, 295–314 (1967).
551:
344:"Effect of Random Defects on the Critical Behaviour of Ising Models,” A. Brooks Harris, J. Phys. C 7, 1671–1692 (1974).
235:
115:
Harris has been married to Peggy since 1958 and has three children, eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
143:
In 1973 he developed at Oxford the Harris criterion, which indicates the extent to which the critical exponents of a
75:
109:
464:“Anisotropic Spin Hamiltonians due to Spin-Orbit and Coulomb Exchange Interactions,” T. Yildirim, A. B. Harris,
410:= 1) Molecules on the Surface of Grafoil,” A. B. Harris and A. J. Berlinsky, Can. J. Phys. 7, 1852–1868 (1979).
63:
201:
54:
706:
53:
with bachelor's degree in 1956, master's degree in 1959, and PhD in experimental solid state physics from
486:,” A. Brooks Harris, Larry I. Amstutz, Horst Meyer, and Samuel M. Myers, Phys. Rev. 175, 603–609 (1968).
364:“Renormalization-Group Approach to the Critical Behavior of Random-Spin Models,” A. Brooks Harris and
701:
662:
625:
590:
71:
90:
86:
278:
240:
678:
652:
454:, T. Yildirim, M. Kenzelmann, C. Broholm, and A. P. Ramirez, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 087205 (2005).
192:
97:
50:
469:
451:
133:
105:
670:
598:
487:
473:
455:
425:
411:
397:
393:
383:
369:
355:
345:
144:
581:
A. B. Harris (1974). "Effect of Random
Defects on the Critical Behavior of Ising Models".
174:
58:
312:
666:
629:
594:
154:
695:
465:
447:
129:
46:
682:
602:
349:
17:
421:
365:
101:
459:
531:"2007 Lars Onsager Prize Recipient: A. Brooks Harris, University of Pennsylvania"
387:
382:”," Ravi Sachidanandam and A. B. Harris, Phys. Rev. Lett. 67, 1467–1467 (1991).
373:
272:
429:
477:
547:
420:“Molecular Chirality and Chiral Parameters,” A. B. Harris, R. D. Kamien, and
401:
491:
359:
674:
563:
657:
271:
and thus the Harris criterion is satisfied, while the three-dimensional
482:“Observation of the Pair Interaction Between Ortho Molecules in Solid H
392:“Possible Néel Orderings of the Kagomé Antiferromagnet,” A. B. Harris,
33:, called Brooks Harris, (born 25 March 1935) is an American physicist.
42:
616:
A. Brooks Harris (2007). "A Brief
History of the Harris Criterion".
415:
85:
in 1976, at the
University of Oxford in 1973, 1986, and 1994, at
446:,” G. Lawes, A. B. Harris, T. Kimura, N. Rogado, R. J. Cava,
123:
Upon receiving the Lars
Onsager Prize, Harris wrote in 2007:
396:, and A. J. Berlinsky, Phys. Rev. B 45, 2899–2919 (1992).
378:“Comment on “Orientational Ordering Transition in Solid C
406:“Mean Field Theory of the Orientational Properties of (
315:
281:
243:
204:
177:
157:
128:
magnets (with A. J. Berlinsky and more recently with
568:
171:denote the spatial dimension of the system and let
327:
301:
263:
223:
183:
163:
125:
434:“Magnetically Driven Ferroelectric Order in Ni
147:are modified by a small amount of randomness (
8:
656:
618:Bulletin of the American Physical Society
583:Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics
368:, Phys. Rev. Lett. 33, 1540–1543 (1974).
314:
309:and thus does not satisfy the criterion (
291:
280:
253:
242:
211:
203:
176:
156:
108:. In 1989 he was elected a Fellow of the
712:Fellows of the American Physical Society
624:(1). American Physical Society: D3.003.
424:, Rev. Mod. Phys. 71, 1745–1757 (1999).
502:
472:, Phys. Rev. B 52, 10239–10267 (1995).
224:{\displaystyle \nu \geq {\frac {2}{d}}}
195:. The Harris criterion states that if
525:
523:
521:
519:
7:
68:Atomic Energy Research Establishment
727:University of Pennsylvania faculty
57:in 1962. Harris was in 1961/62 at
25:
511:American Men and Women of Science
737:21st-century American physicists
732:20th-century American physicists
191:denote the critical exponent of
81:He was a visiting professor at
509:biographical information from
83:University of British Columbia
1:
552:Mathematics Genealogy Project
460:10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.087205
302:{\displaystyle \nu =0{.}627}
264:{\displaystyle \nu =0{.}698}
388:10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.1467
374:10.1103/PhysRevLett.33.1540
753:
430:10.1103/RevModPhys.71.1745
76:University of Pennsylvania
70:(Harwell Laboratory) near
722:Harvard University alumni
603:10.1088/0022-3719/7/9/009
535:American Physical Society
478:10.1103/PhysRevB.52.10239
350:10.1088/0022-3719/7/9/009
110:American Physical Society
89:in 1987 and 1995, and at
402:10.1103/PhysRevB.45.2899
96:In 2007 he received the
645:Physica Status Solidi B
492:10.1103/PhysRev.175.603
360:10.1103/PhysRev.157.295
717:Sloan Research Fellows
675:10.1002/pssb.200404798
329:
303:
265:
225:
185:
165:
138:
339:Selected publications
330:
304:
266:
226:
186:
166:
313:
279:
241:
202:
184:{\displaystyle \nu }
175:
155:
72:Harwell, Oxfordshire
41:Harris was born in
31:Arthur Brooks Harris
18:Arthur Brooks Harris
667:2004PSSBR.241.2118V
630:2007APS..MAR.D3003H
595:1974JPhC....7.1671H
513:, Thomson Gale 2004
328:{\displaystyle d=3}
91:McMaster University
87:Tel Aviv University
564:"A. Brooks Harris"
325:
299:
261:
221:
193:correlation length
181:
161:
98:Lars Onsager Prize
51:Harvard University
27:American physicist
219:
164:{\displaystyle d}
106:Guggenheim Fellow
104:and in 1972/73 a
66:in the UK at the
49:, and studied at
16:(Redirected from
744:
687:
686:
660:
658:cond-mat/0405070
651:(9): 2118–2127.
640:
634:
633:
613:
607:
606:
589:(9): 1671–1692.
578:
572:
571:
560:
554:
548:A. Brooks Harris
545:
539:
538:
527:
514:
507:
470:O. Entin-Wohlman
452:O. Entin-Wohlman
334:
332:
331:
326:
308:
306:
305:
300:
295:
270:
268:
267:
262:
257:
236:Heisenberg model
230:
228:
227:
222:
220:
212:
190:
188:
187:
182:
170:
168:
167:
162:
145:phase transition
134:O. Entin-Wohlman
21:
752:
751:
747:
746:
745:
743:
742:
741:
692:
691:
690:
642:
641:
637:
615:
614:
610:
580:
579:
575:
562:
561:
557:
546:
542:
529:
528:
517:
508:
504:
500:
485:
445:
441:
437:
416:10.1139/p79-256
381:
341:
311:
310:
277:
276:
239:
238:
200:
199:
173:
172:
153:
152:
121:
59:Duke University
39:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
750:
748:
740:
739:
734:
729:
724:
719:
714:
709:
704:
694:
693:
689:
688:
635:
608:
573:
555:
540:
515:
501:
499:
496:
495:
494:
483:
480:
462:
443:
439:
435:
432:
422:T. C. Lubensky
418:
404:
390:
379:
376:
366:T. C. Lubensky
362:
352:
340:
337:
324:
321:
318:
298:
294:
290:
287:
284:
260:
256:
252:
249:
246:
232:
231:
218:
215:
210:
207:
180:
160:
120:
117:
38:
35:
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
749:
738:
735:
733:
730:
728:
725:
723:
720:
718:
715:
713:
710:
708:
707:Living people
705:
703:
700:
699:
697:
684:
680:
676:
672:
668:
664:
659:
654:
650:
646:
639:
636:
631:
627:
623:
619:
612:
609:
604:
600:
596:
592:
588:
584:
577:
574:
569:
565:
559:
556:
553:
549:
544:
541:
536:
532:
526:
524:
522:
520:
516:
512:
506:
503:
497:
493:
489:
481:
479:
475:
471:
467:
466:Amnon Aharony
463:
461:
457:
453:
449:
433:
431:
427:
423:
419:
417:
413:
409:
405:
403:
399:
395:
391:
389:
385:
377:
375:
371:
367:
363:
361:
357:
353:
351:
347:
343:
342:
338:
336:
322:
319:
316:
296:
292:
288:
285:
282:
274:
258:
254:
250:
247:
244:
237:
216:
213:
208:
205:
198:
197:
196:
194:
178:
158:
150:
146:
141:
137:
135:
131:
124:
118:
116:
113:
111:
107:
103:
99:
94:
92:
88:
84:
79:
77:
73:
69:
65:
60:
56:
52:
48:
47:Massachusetts
44:
36:
34:
32:
19:
648:
644:
638:
621:
617:
611:
586:
582:
576:
567:
558:
543:
534:
510:
505:
407:
233:
148:
142:
139:
126:
122:
114:
102:Sloan Fellow
95:
80:
64:John Hubbard
40:
30:
29:
702:1935 births
273:Ising model
55:Horst Meyer
696:Categories
498:References
448:A. Aharony
130:A. Aharony
394:C. Kallin
283:ν
245:ν
209:≥
206:ν
179:ν
74:. At the
37:Biography
683:16979505
119:Research
663:Bibcode
626:Bibcode
591:Bibcode
550:at the
681:
468:, and
43:Boston
679:S2CID
653:arXiv
275:has
149:e.g.
671:doi
649:241
599:doi
488:doi
474:doi
456:doi
426:doi
412:doi
398:doi
384:doi
370:doi
356:doi
346:doi
335:).
297:627
259:698
698::
677:.
669:.
661:.
647:.
622:52
620:.
597:.
585:.
566:.
533:.
518:^
450:,
380:60
132:,
112:.
45:,
685:.
673::
665::
655::
632:.
628::
605:.
601::
593::
587:7
570:.
537:.
490::
484:2
476::
458::
444:8
442:O
440:2
438:V
436:3
428::
414::
408:J
400::
386::
372::
358::
348::
323:3
320:=
317:d
293:.
289:0
286:=
255:.
251:0
248:=
217:d
214:2
159:d
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.