Scientific phenomena named after people - Definition
This is a list of
scientific
phenomena
named after people
.
For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see
eponym
.
For a list of eponyms sorted by name see
List of eponyms
.
Brownian motion
–
Robert Brown
Casimir effect
–
Hendrik Casimir
Cherenkov effect
–
Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov
Coanda effect
–
Henri Coanda
Compton effect
–
Arthur Compton
Coriolis effect
–
Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis
Curie point
–
Pierre Curie
Doppler effect
–
Christian Doppler
Doppler profile
–
Christian Doppler
Edison effect
–
Thomas Edison
Fermi energy
,
Fermi paradox
–
Enrico Fermi
Gibbs phenomenon
–
Josiah Willard Gibbs
Hall effect
–
Edwin Hall
Josephson effect
–
Brian David Josephson
Kennelly-Heaviside layer
–
Arthur Edwin Kennelly
and
Oliver Heaviside
Kerr effect
–
John Kerr (physicist)
Kuiper Belt
–
Gerard Kuiper
Landau damping
–
Lev Davidovich Landau
Landau pole
–
Lev Davidovich Landau
Lennard-Jones potential
–
John Lennard-Jones
London force
–
Fritz London
Lorentz force
–
Hendrik Lorentz
Meissner effect
(or Meissner-Ochsenfeld effect) –
Walter Meissner
(and
Robert Ochsenfeld
)
Morse potential
–
Philip M. Morse
Mossbauer effect
–
Rudolf Mössbauer
Newton's rings
–
Isaac Newton
Oort Cloud
–
Jan Oort
Pauli exclusion principle
–
Wolfgang Pauli
Peltier effect
–
Jean Charles Athanase Peltier
Pockels effect
–
Friedrich Carl Alwin Pockels
Raman effect
–
C. V. Raman
Rayleigh scattering
–
Lord Rayleigh
Runge's phenomenon
–
Carle David Tolmé Runge
St. Elmo's fire
–
Saint Elmo
Seebeck effect
–
Thomas Seebeck
Stark effect
–
Johannes Stark
Sunyaev-Zeldovic effect
–
Rashid Sunyaev
and
Yakov B. Zeldovic
Tesla effect
–
Nikola Tesla
Van Allen radiation belt
–
James Van Allen
Van der Waals force
–
Johannes Diderik van der Waals
Zeeman effect
–
Pieter Zeeman
See also
Scientific laws named after people
List of scientists
List of science topics
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