Lyman
Ultraviolet emission lines
Lyman is a surname and occasionally a given name, of English origin.
As a technical term in physics, the Lyman series refers to spectral lines of hydrogen in the ultraviolet range, named after physicist Theodore Lyman who discovered them: Lyman-alpha radiation from distant galaxies.
Wavelengths shorter than violet
- hydrogenSimplest atomic element
- seriesOrdered set of related items
- alphaFirst Greek letter
- betaGreek alphabet's second letter
gamma · absorption · emission · wavelength · photon · spectrum · transition · electron
Study of family descent
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- familyRelated people together
- surnameHereditary family identifier
namesake · heritage · Yale · Stanford · philanthropist · founder · American · New England
County's smaller division
- countyLocal administrative division
- MainePine Tree State
- NebraskaCentral plains state
- WyomingCowboy State
New Hampshire · village · municipality · place name · American · settlement
ultraviolet
Wavelengths shorter than violet
beta · gamma · absorption · emission · wavelength · photon · spectrum · transition · electron · energy
genealogy
Study of family descent
surname · namesake · heritage · Yale · Stanford · philanthropist · founder · American · New England · historical
township
County's smaller division
Wyoming · New Hampshire · village · municipality · place name · American · settlement