List of things named after Niels Bohr explained

Niels Bohr (1885–1962), Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, is the eponym of the topics listed below.

Physics and Chemistry

• Bohr magneton
• Bohr model
  • Bohr model of the chemical bond
  • Bohr orbital
  • Bohr radius
  • Bohr's frequency condition
• Bohrium, the chemical element with atomic number 107^[1]
• Bohr–Van Leeuwen theorem
• Bohr–Kramers–Slater theory
• Bohr–Einstein debates
• Sommerfeld–Bohr theory
  • Bohr–Sommerfeld quantization
• Bohr's complementarity principle
• Bohr's correspondence principle

Psychophysics

• Bohr's law

Astronomy

• An asteroid, 3948 Bohr, named after him^[2]
• Bohr (crater), a lunar crater

Other

• Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen
• Niels Bohr International Gold Medal
• Neil's Bahr, a popular comic and science-fiction based bar in Houston, Texas
• At the CERN site in Meyrin, close to Geneva, there is a street called Route Bohr and an auditorium called Salle Bohr in honour of Niels Bohr
• Niels Bohr Library & Archives of American Institute of Physics
• Cenotaph for Niels Bohr, a conceptual architecture project
• UNESCO Niels Bohr Medal

Notes and References

1. 10.1351/pac199769122471. Names and symbols of transfermium elements (IUPAC Recommendations 1997). 1997. Pure and Applied Chemistry. 69. 2472. 12. free.
2. Lightcurve Analysis Of 3948 Bohr and 4874 Burke: An International Collaboration . 28 February 2013 . Minor Planet Bulletin . 40 . 1 . January–March 2013 . 15 . Klinglesmith . Daniel A. III . Risley . Ethan . Turk . Janek . Vargas . Angelica . 2013MPBu...40...15K . Warren . Curtis . Ferrero . Andera . https://web.archive.org/web/20130603072504/http://www.minorplanet.info/MPB/MPB_40-1.pdf . 3 June 2013 .