List of things named after Paul Dirac
Below is a list of things, primarily in the fields of mathematics and physics, named in honour of Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac.
Physics
Quantum physics
Notations
- Dirac adjoint
- Dirac constant, see reduced Planck constant
- Dirac equation
- Dirac field
- Dirac hole theory
- Dirac Lagrangian
- Dirac matrices
- Dirac sea
- Dirac spectrum
- Dirac spinor
- Einstein–Maxwell–Dirac equations
Formalisms
Effects
- Abraham–Lorentz–Dirac Force, see Abraham–Lorentz force
- Kapitsa–Dirac effect
Pure and applied mathematics
Other uses
- 5997 Dirac, an asteroid
- The various Dirac Medals
- Dirac (software)
- DiRAC supercomputing research facility of the Science and Technology Facilities Council[1]
- Dirac Science Library, at Florida State University
Endnotes
- ^ "Distributed Research utilising Advanced Computing (DiRAC)". dirac.ac.uk.