Rydberg

Rydberg may refer to:

People

• Gerda Rydberg (1858–1928), Swedish artist better known as Gerda Tirén
• Jan Rydberg, (1923-2015), Swedish chemist who worked on nuclear chemistry and recycling at Chalmers University of Technology
• Johannes Rydberg (1854–1919), Swedish physicist and deviser of the Rydberg formula
• Kaisu-Mirjami Rydberg (1905–1959), Finnish journalist and politician
• Per Axel Rydberg (1860–1931), Swedish-American botanist
• Sam Rydberg (1885–1956), Swedish composer
• Viktor Rydberg (1828–1895), Swedish author, poet, and mythographer
• Viktor Crus Rydberg (1995—), Swedish ice hockey player

Physics

• Rydberg constant, a constant related to atomic spectra
• Rydberg formula, a formula describing wavelengths
• Rydberg atom, an excited atomic state
• Rydberg molecule, an electronically excited chemical substance
• Rydberg unit of energy (symbol Ry), derived from the Rydberg constant

Places

• Rydberg (crater), a lunar crater named after Johannes Rydberg