List of things named after Enrico Fermi
Enrico Fermi (1901–1954), an Italian-born, naturalized American physicist, is the eponym of the topics listed below.
Physics
- Fermi (unit), unit of length in particle physics equivalent to the femtometre
- Fermi's interaction, an explanation of the beta decay
- Fermi contact interaction, the magnetic interaction between an electron and an atomic nucleus when the electron is inside that nucleus
- Fermi arc, a phenomenon in superconductivity
- Fermi constant, constant that gives the strength of Fermi's interaction
- Fermi energy
- Fermi paradox, a fundamental issue in SETI
- Fermi gas
- Fermi liquid theory
- Fermi level
- Quasi Fermi level, also called imref which is "fermi" spelt backwards
- Fermi heap and Fermi hole
- Fermi point
- Fermi's golden rule
- Fermi motion, the quantum motion of nucleons bound inside a nucleus
- Fermi resonance
- Fermi surface
- Fermi acceleration
- Fermi–Pustyl'nikov model, a model of the Fermi acceleration mechanism
- Fermi glow
- Fermi–Walker transport
- Fermi–Dirac statistics
- Fermion, the class of particles that obey Fermi-Dirac statistics, a name coined by Dirac in 1945
- Fermium, a synthetic element with symbol Fm and atomic number 100.
- Fermionic field
- Thomas–Fermi model
- Thomas–Fermi screening, an approximate method for describing screening of electric field by mobile charge
- International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi", an annual summer school hosted by the Italian Physical Society
Mathematics
- Complete Fermi–Dirac integral
- Incomplete Fermi–Dirac integral
- Fermi–Walker differentiation
- Fermi coordinates, local coordinates that are adapted to a geodesic in Riemannian geometry
- Fermi–Pasta–Ulam–Tsingou problem
- Fermi problem, estimation problem designed to teach dimensional analysis, and approximation
- Fermi paradox, typical example of a Fermi problem pertaining to extraterrestrial civilizations
Technology
- GeForce 400 Series and GeForce 500 Series, also "Fermi", the codename for a CUDA architecture graphics card developed by NVIDIA
- Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
- Fermilab, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- Enrico Fermi Institute, Chicago, Illinois
- Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station, Monroe, Michigan
- Enrico Fermi Nuclear Power Plant (Italy), Trino Vercellese, Italy
- RA-1 Enrico Fermi, Argentinian research reactor
- FERMIAC
- Fermi filter
- Fermi Linux, distributions produced Fermilab
- Fermi-Szilárd Neutronic Reactor, US patent 2,708,656
Other
- Enrico Fermi Award
- Fermi Paradox (album), an album by Tub Ring
- Fermi Paradox, a song by Avenged Sevenfold
- Fermi Project, a philanthropic organization
- Fermi, a large lunar crater
- Fermi and Frost, a science fiction short story by Frederik Pohl with themes including the Fermi paradox
- The Fermi Paradox Is Our Business Model, a science fiction short story by Charlie Jane Anders
- 8103 Fermi (1994 BE), a main-belt asteroid
- Fermi, a metro station in Turin
- EUR Fermi, a station of the Rome Metro
- Enrico Fermi High School, a high school located in Enfield, Connecticut
- Instituto Italiano Enrico Fermi in Panama.[1]
- Schools, squares and streets in almost all Italian towns and villages
References
- ↑ "Instituto Italiano Enrico Fermi". Instituto Italiano Enrico Fermi. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
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