List of things named after Lev Landau
Lev Landau (1908 – 1968), Soviet physicist who made fundamental contributions to many areas of theoretical physics, is the eponym of the topics in physics listed below.
Physics
- Landau damping
- Landau distribution
- Landau gauge
- Landau pole
- Landau potential
- Landau quantization
- Landau diamagnetism/Landau susceptibility
- Landau theory
- Landau-Squire jet
- Stuart-Landau equation
- Landau-Levich problem
- Landau–Hopf theory of turbulence
- Ginzburg–Landau theory
- Landau–Lifshitz aeroacoustic equation
- Landau-Raychaudhuri equation
- Landau–Zener formula
- Landau–Lifshitz model
- Landau-Lifshitz pseudotensor
- Landau–Lifshitz–Gilbert equation
- Landau–Pomeranchuk–Migdal effect
Astronomy
Two celestial objects are named in his honour:
- the minor planet 2142 Landau.
- the lunar crater Landau.
Other
- Film project DAU
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