List of things named after Lev Landau

Lev Landau (1908 – 1968), Soviet physicist who made fundamental contributions to many areas of theoretical physics, is the eponym of the topics in physics listed below.

Physics

 * Darrieus–Landau instability
 * Derjaguin–Landau–Verwey–Overbeek theory
 * Ivanenko–Landau–Kähler equation
 * Ginzburg–Landau theory
 * Guderley–Landau–Stanyukovich problem
 * Landau damping
 * Landau derivative
 * Landau diamagnetism
 * Landau distribution
 * Landau's Fermi-liquid theory
 * Landau gauge
 * Landau kinetic equation
 * Landau's phase transition theory
 * Landau pole
 * Landau potential
 * Landau principle
 * Landau quantization or Landau levels
 * Landau–Hopf theory of turbulence
 * Landau-Levich problem
 * Landau–Lifshitz model
 * Landau-Lifshitz pseudotensor
 * Landau–Lifshitz–Gilbert equation
 * Landau–Lifshitz aeroacoustic equation
 * Landau–Peierls instability
 * Landau–Placzek ratio
 * Landau–Pomeranchuk–Migdal effect
 * Landau-Raychaudhuri equation
 * Landau-Squire jet
 * Landau–Yang theorem
 * Landau–Zener formula
 * Stuart-Landau equation

Astronomy
Two celestial objects are named in his honour:
 * the minor planet 2142 Landau.
 * the lunar crater Landau.

Other

 * Film project DAU
 * Korets-Landau leaflet
 * Landau Gold Medal
 * Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics