List of things named after Enrico Fermi

Enrico Fermi, an Italian-born, naturalized American physicist, is the eponym of the topics listed below.

Physics

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
* 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
*Fermi–Dirac condensate
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 equation
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