Landau level

noun

Any of the discrete energy values that represent the only cyclotron orbits that a charged particle can occupy in a magnetic field, as a result of Landau quantization.

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Meanings

nounLandau level (plural Landau levels)

plural Landau levels

  1. natural sciencesAny of the discrete energy values that represent the only cyclotron orbits that a charged particle can occupy in a magnetic field, as a result of Landau quantization.

Origin

Named after the Soviet physicist Lev Landau.

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