Rydberg

Rydberg can refer to:

  • Rydberg (crater), a crater on the moon
  • In physics,
    • Rydberg constant
    • Rydberg formula
    • Rydberg atom (an atom in a state of high principal quantum number)
    • Rydberg molecule
    • a unit of energy, derived from the Rydberg constant, equal to half the Hartree energy
  • Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist and deviser of the Rydberg formula, in whose honour the constant, the unit and the crater are named, as are Rydberg atoms
  • Viktor Rydberg, Swedish author and poet
  • Per Axel Rydberg, Swedish-American botanist