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- Enrico FermiEnrico FermiEnrico Fermi was an Italian-born, naturalized American physicist particularly known for his work on the development of the first nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1, and for his contributions to the development of quantum theory, nuclear and particle physics, and statistical mechanics...
- Laura FermiLaura FermiLaura Capon Fermi was an Italian-born writer and political activist, and the wife of Nobel Prize physicist Enrico Fermi.Laura Capon was born in Rome in 1907. Capon met Enrico Fermi while she was a student in general science at the University of Rome...
, Enrico Fermi's wife - Enrico Fermi AwardEnrico Fermi AwardThe Enrico Fermi Award is an award honoring scientists of international stature for their lifetime achievement in the development, use, or production of energy. It is administered by the U.S. government's Department of Energy...
- Fermi Paradox (album)Fermi Paradox (album)Fermi Paradox is the 2002 album by the band Tub Ring named after Enrico Fermi's Fermi Paradox.-Track listing:All tracks by Tub Ring#"I Am the Robot" – 1:09#"Invalid" – 3:53#"Future Was Free" – 3:20#"Psychology is B.S...
, an album by Tub Ring
Technology:
- FermiGeForce 400 SeriesThe GeForce 400 Series is the 11th generation of Nvidia's GeForce graphics processing units. The series was originally slated for production in November 2009, but, after a number of delays, launched on March 26, 2010 with availability following in April 2010....
, the codename for a CUDA architecture graphics card developed by Nvidia - Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
- FermilabFermilabFermi National Accelerator Laboratory , located just outside Batavia, Illinois, near Chicago, is a US Department of Energy national laboratory specializing in high-energy particle physics...
, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory - Enrico Fermi InstituteEnrico Fermi InstituteThe Institute for Nuclear Studies was founded September, 1945 as part of the University of Chicago with Samuel King Allison as director. On November 20, 1955 it was renamed The Enrico Fermi Institute for Nuclear Studies...
, Chicago, Illinois - Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating StationEnrico Fermi Nuclear Generating StationThe Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant on the shore of Lake Erie near Monroe, in Frenchtown Charter Township, Michigan. It is approximately halfway between Detroit, Michigan, and Toledo, Ohio. It is also visible from parts of Amherstburg, Ontario. Two units have been...
, Monroe, Michigan - Enrico Fermi Nuclear Power Plant (Italy)Enrico Fermi Nuclear Power Plant (Italy)Enrico Fermi Nuclear Power Plant was a nuclear power plant at Trino , in north-west Italy....
, Trino Vercellese, Italy - RA-1 Enrico FermiRA-1 Enrico FermiRA-1 Enrico Fermi is a research reactor in Argentina and the first nuclear reactor to be built in that country. Construction started April 1957, with first criticality 17 January 1958...
, Argentinian research reactor - FERMIACFERMIACThe Monte Carlo trolley, or FERMIAC, was an analog computer invented by physicist Enrico Fermi to aid in his studies of neutron transport.- Operation :...
- Fermi filterFermi filterThe Fermi filter is a common image processing filter that uses the Fermi-Dirac distribution in the Frequency domain to perform a low-pass filter or high-pass filter similar to a Gaussian blur, but the harshness can be scaled.- References :...
- Fermi LinuxFermi LinuxFermi Linux is the generic name for Linux distributions that are created and used at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory . These releases have gone through different names: Fermi Linux, Fermi Linux LTS, LTS, Scientific Linux Fermi, SLF...
, distributions produced Fermilab
Mathematics:
- Fermi–Dirac integralFermi–Dirac integralFermi–Dirac integral may refer to:* Complete Fermi–Dirac integral* Incomplete Fermi–Dirac integral...
- Fermi-Walker differentiation
- Fermi coordinatesFermi coordinatesIn the mathematical theory of Riemannian geometry, Fermi coordinates are local coordinates that are adapted to a geodesic.More formally, suppose M is an n-dimensional Riemannian manifold, \gamma is a geodesic on M, and p is a point on \gamma...
- Fermi–Pasta–Ulam problemFermi–Pasta–Ulam problemIn physics, the Fermi–Pasta–Ulam problem or FPU problem was the apparent paradox in chaos theory that many complicated enough physical systems exhibited almost exactly periodic behavior instead of ergodic behavior. One of the resolutions of the paradox includes the insight that many non-linear...
- Fermi problemFermi problemIn science, particularly in physics or engineering education, a Fermi problem, Fermi question, or Fermi estimate is an estimation problem designed to teach dimensional analysis, approximation, and the importance of clearly identifying one's assumptions...
, estimation problem designed to teach dimensional analysis, and approximation - Fermi paradoxFermi paradoxThe Fermi paradox is the apparent contradiction between high estimates of the probability of the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations and the lack of evidence for, or contact with, such civilizations....
, typical example of a Fermi problem pertaining to extraterrestrial civilizations
Physics:
- Fermi, unit of length in particle physics equivalent to the femtometre
- Fermi's interactionFermi's interactionIn particle physics, Fermi's interaction also known as Fermi coupling, is an old explanation of the weak force, proposed by Enrico Fermi, in which four fermions directly interact with one another at one vertex...
- Fermi constant, constant that gives the strength of Fermi's interaction
- Fermi energyFermi energyThe Fermi energy is a concept in quantum mechanics usually referring to the energy of the highest occupied quantum state in a system of fermions at absolute zero temperature....
- Fermi gasFermi gasA Fermi gas is an ensemble of a large number of fermions. Fermions, named after Enrico Fermi, are particles that obey Fermi–Dirac statistics. These statistics determine the energy distribution of fermions in a Fermi gas in thermal equilibrium, and is characterized by their number density,...
- Fermi liquidFermi liquidFermi liquid theory is a theoretical model of interacting fermions that describes the normal state of most metals at sufficiently low temperatures. The interaction between the particles of the many-body system does not need to be small...
- Fermi holeFermi holeThe idea of a Fermi hole requires some background in the idea of anti-symmetrized wavefunctions. The Pauli exclusion principle is the "rule" that no more than two electrons can be in the same orbital. The "rule" traces to a deep algebraic property of nature that has nothing whatsoever to do with...
- Fermi pointFermi pointThe term Fermi point has two applications but refers to the same phenomena :*Fermi point *Fermi point...
- Fermi's golden ruleFermi's golden ruleIn quantum physics, Fermi's golden rule is a way to calculate the transition rate from one energy eigenstate of a quantum system into a continuum of energy eigenstates, due to a perturbation....
- Fermi resonanceFermi resonanceA Fermi resonance is the shifting of the energies and intensities of absorption bands in an infrared or Raman spectrum. It is a consequence of quantum mechanical mixing...
- Fermi accelerationFermi accelerationFermi acceleration , sometimes referred to as diffusive shock acceleration , is the acceleration that charged particles undergo when being repeatedly reflected, usually by a magnetic mirror. This is thought to be the primary mechanism by which particles gain non thermal energies in astrophysical...
- Fermi glowFermi glowThe Fermi glow are ultraviolet-glowing particles, mostly hydrogen, originating from the Solar System's Bow shock, created when light from stars and the Sun enter the region between the heliopause and the interstellar medium and undergo Fermi acceleration, bouncing around the transition area several...
- Fermi-Walker transportFermi-Walker transportFermi-Walker transport is a process in general relativity used to define a coordinate system or reference frame such that all curvature in the frame is due to the presence of mass/energy density and not to arbitrary spin or rotation of the frame....
- Fermi–Dirac statistics
- FermionFermionIn particle physics, a fermion is any particle which obeys the Fermi–Dirac statistics . Fermions contrast with bosons which obey Bose–Einstein statistics....
- Fermionic fieldFermionic fieldIn quantum field theory, a fermionic field is a quantum field whose quanta are fermions; that is, they obey Fermi-Dirac statistics. Fermionic fields obey canonical anticommutation relations rather than the canonical commutation relations of bosonic fields....