List of things named after Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr (1885–1962), Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, is the eponym of the topics listed below.
Physics and Chemistry
- Bohr–Sommerfeld quantization, see Sommerfeld–Bohr theory
- Bohr–Van Leeuwen theorem
- BKS theory
- Bohr–Einstein debates
- Bohr complementarity principle, see complementarity principle
- Bohr correspondence principle, see correspondence principle
- Bohr frequency, see Bohr model
- Bohr magneton
- Bohr model
- Bohr model of the chemical bond
- Bohrium, the chemical element with atomic number 107[1]
- Bohr orbital
- Bohr radius
- Sommerfeld–Bohr theory
Astronomy
- An asteroid, 3948 Bohr, named after him[2]
- Bohr (crater), a lunar crater
Other
- Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen
- Niels Bohr International Gold Medal
- Neil's Bahr, a popular comic and science-fiction based bar in Houston, Texas
- At the CERN site in Meyrin, close to Geneva, there is a street called Route Bohr in honour of Niels Bohr
- Niels Bohr Library & Archives of American Institute of Physics
- Cenotaph for Niels Bohr, a conceptual architecture project
- UNESCO Niels Bohr Medal
References
- ^ "Names and symbols of transfermium elements (IUPAC Recommendations 1997)". Pure and Applied Chemistry. 69 (12): 2472. 1997. doi:10.1351/pac199769122471.
- ^ Klinglesmith, Daniel A., III; Risley, Ethan; Turk, Janek; Vargas, Angelica; Warren, Curtis; Ferrero, Andera (January–March 2013). "Lightcurve Analysis Of 3948 Bohr and 4874 Burke: An International Collaboration" (PDF). Minor Planet Bulletin. 40 (1): 15. Bibcode:2013MPBu...40...15K. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
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