Dirac (disambiguation)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
Look up Dirac in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
Dirac may refer to:
- People
- Paul Dirac (1902–1984), Swiss-British theoretical physicist, Nobel laureate, and a founder of the field of quantum physics
- Gabriel Andrew Dirac (1925–1984), graph theorist, Paul Dirac's stepson
- In physics
- Dirac bracket, a generalization of the Poisson bracket
- Dirac constant, a reduced form of the Planck constant
- Dirac delta function, a generalized mathematical function
- Dirac equation, a relativistic quantum mechanical wave equation
- Dirac notation, a standard notation for describing quantum states
- Fermi–Dirac integral (disambiguation)
- Fermi–Dirac statistics, used to describe energies of single particles that obey the Pauli exclusion principle
- Other
- 5997 Dirac, a main-belt asteroid
- Dirac (software), a relativistic quantum chemistry program
- Dirac (video compression format), an open digital video codec developed by BBC Research
- Dirac, Charente, a commune of the Charente département, in France
- Dirac measure, a mathematical measure that is a probability measure
See also
- Karnut, a town in the Shirak Province of Armenia, formerly called Dirak
 |
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.