"Landau level" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Landau levels [plural]
Etymology: Named after the Soviet physicist Lev Landau. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Landau level (plural Landau levels)
  1. (physics) 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. Categories (topical): Physics

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