List of things named after Enrico Fermi
Appearance
Enrico Fermi (1901–1954), an Italian-born, naturalized American physicist, is the eponym of the topics listed below.
Physics
[edit]- Fermi (unit), unit of length in particle physics equivalent to the femtometre
- Fermi arc, a phenomenon in superconductivity
- Fermi constant, constant that gives the strength of Fermi's interaction
- Fermi contact interaction, the magnetic interaction between an electron and an atomic nucleus when the electron is inside that nucleus
- Fermi energy
- Fermi's four factor formula
- Fermi gas
- Fermi's interaction, an explanation of the beta decay
- Fermi level
- Fermi liquid theory
- Quasi Fermi level, also called imref which is "fermi" spelt backwards
- Fermi heap and Fermi hole
- Fermi–Kurie plot of beta decay
- Fermi paradox, a fundamental issue in SETI
- Fermi point
- Fermi pseudopotential
- Fermi's golden rule
- Fermi motion, the quantum motion of nucleons bound inside a nucleus
- Fermi resonance
- Fermi surface
- Fermi acceleration
- Fermi–Ulam model
- Fermi–Pustyl'nikov model, a model of the Fermi acceleration mechanism
- Fermi glow
- Fermi ball
- Fermi sea
- Fermi transition
- 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 approximation
- 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
[edit]- 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
Research
[edit]- Fermilab, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- Enrico Fermi Institute, Chicago, Illinois
- FeRMI, a research federation in Toulouse, France [1]
- Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus
Technology
[edit]- GeForce 400 series and GeForce 500 series, also "Fermi", the codename for a graphics card architecture developed by NVIDIA
- Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
- 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
- Fermi-ization, method of estimation that involves breaking a problem into component parts, estimating each part separately and then combining the result. This method tends to produce substantially more accurate answers, even with components that are largely unknown, than less systematic approaches.[2]
Other
[edit]- Enrico Fermi Award
- Enrico Fermi Prize
- Enrico Fermi Professorship in Physics at Columbia University
- 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.[3]
- Schools, squares and streets in almost all Italian towns and villages
- The Fermi's, a play about Enrico & Laura Fermi set on the last day of his life.[4]
- Enrico Fermi School-Yonkers ,NY
References
[edit]- ^ "Fédération de recherche Matière et Interactions – FeRMI".
- ^ Philip E. Tetlock; Dan Gardner (2015), Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction, Crown Publishing Group, OL 26682260M, Wikidata Q21203378, pp. 110ff
- ^ "Instituto Italiano Enrico Fermi". Instituto Italiano Enrico Fermi. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
- ^ italianamericantheatreofchicago (2023-05-20). "The Fermi's by Cathy and Jim Sweitzer – Sunday, July 9, 2 p.m. Oak Park Public Library". Italian American Theatre of Chicago. Retrieved 2023-08-11.