List of things named after Arnold Sommerfeld

Arnold Sommerfeld introduced the fine-structure constant α in 1916, which became known as Sommerfeld's constant.

Physics and mathematics

Arnold Sommerfeld was a German theoretical physicist whom the following is named after:

• Sommerfeld coefficient
• Sommerfeld constant (α)
• Sommerfeld expansion
• Sommerfeld effect
• Sommerfeld identity
• Sommerfeld number
• Sommerfeld parameter
• Sommerfeld radiation condition
• Sommerfeld's approximation
• Sommerfeld–Goubau line
• Sommerfeld–Kossel displacement law
• Sommerfeld–Runge method
• Sommerfeld–Watson representation
• Sommerfeld–Wilson ratio
• Sommerfeld–Zenneck surface wave
• Bohr–Sommerfeld model
  • Sommerfeld–Wilson quantization
• Drude–Sommerfeld model
• Gamow–Sommerfeld factor
• Grimm–Sommerfeld rule
• Orr–Sommerfeld equation
• Rayleigh–Sommerfeld diffraction theory

Astronomical objects

• Sommerfeld crater
• 32809 Sommerfeld, minor planet