List of things named after James Clerk Maxwell

This is a list of things named for James Clerk Maxwell.

Science

• Einstein–Maxwell–Dirac equations
• Maxwell–Bloch equations
• Maxwell's discs
• Maxwell's theorem
• Maxwell's Wheel
• Maxwell's fisheye lens

Electromagnetism

• Maxwell–Wagner–Sillars polarization
• Maxwell–Wien bridge, see Maxwell bridge
• Maxwell bridge
• Maxwell coil
• Maxwell displacement current
• Maxwell's equations (electromagnetism)
  • Maxwell–Proca equation
  • Maxwell–Ampere law
• The maxwell (Mx), a compound derived CGS unit measuring magnetic flux^[1]
• Maxwell tensor, also Maxwell stress tensor

Thermodynamics and kinetic theory

• Maxwell–Boltzmann statistics
  • Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution (statistical thermodynamics), also known as Maxwellian curve, or Maxwellian for short.
    • Maxwell–Jüttner distribution
• Maxwell–Stefan diffusion
• Maxwell's relations (thermodynamics)
• Maxwell's thermodynamic surface
• Maxwell's demon, a thought experiment in statistical physics
• Maxwell construction
• Maxwell equal area rule, see Maxwell construction
• Maxwell speed distribution
• Maxwell distribution, see Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution

Solid mechanics

• Maxwell material
• Maxwell model of elasticity, see Maxwell material
  • Upper convected Maxwell model
  • Generalized Maxwell model

Astronomy

• 12760 Maxwell, an asteroid
• Maxwell Montes, a mountain range on Venus^[1]
• The Maxwell Gap in the Rings of Saturn^[2]
• Maxwell (crater)

Optics

• Maxwellian view, a method of illuminating the eye by focusing an image at the plane of the pupil^[3]

Others

• The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, the largest submillimetre-wavelength astronomical telescope in the world, with a diameter of 15 metres (49 ft)^[1]
• The James Clerk Maxwell Building of the University of Edinburgh, housing the schools of mathematics, physics and meteorology^[4]
• The James Clerk Maxwell building at the Waterloo campus of King's College London, in commemoration of his time as Professor of Natural Philosophy at King's from 1860 to 1865. The university also has a chair in Physics named after him, and a society for undergraduate physicists.^[5]
• The James Clerk Maxwell Centre of the Edinburgh Academy^[6]
• The Maxwell Centre at the University of Cambridge, dedicated to academia-industry interactions in Physical Sciences and Technology.^[7]
• James Clerk Maxwell Prize in Plasma Physics of the American Physical Society^[8]
• IEEE/RSE Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Award^[9]
• Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences at the Universities of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt
• James Clerk Maxwell Foundation
• Maxwell Year 2006, website celebrating the 175th anniversary of his birth
• Nvidia Maxwell, a GPU architecture released in 2014.^[10]

See also

Maxwellian

Footnotes