Hanle
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Hanle can mean:
- Hanle (village)Hanle (village)Hanle is a village in Ladakh, India. It is the site of the 17th century Hanle Monastery of the "Red Hat" Tibetan Drukpa Kagyu branch of Tibetan Buddhism and is located in the Hanle Valley on an old branch of the ancient Ladakh - Tibet trade route...
, located in eastern Indian Ladakh, near the Chinese border- The Indian Astronomical ObservatoryIndian Astronomical ObservatoryThe Indian Astronomical Observatory , located near Leh in Ladakh, India, has one of the world's highest sites for optical, infrared and gamma-ray telescopes. It is operated by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru. It is currently the second highest optical telescope in the...
, adjacent to Hanle village, location of the highest major astronomical telescopes in the world and colloquially known as Hanle - Hanle Valley, valley containing Hanle village, observatory and monastery
- Hanle MonasteryHanle MonasteryHanle Monastery or Hanle or Analy Gompa is a 17th century Buddhist monastery of the "Red Hat" Tibetan Drukpa Kagyu branch of Tibetan Buddhism, located in the Hanle Valley, Leh District, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir in northern India on an old branch of the ancient Ladakh - Tibet trade route. The...
- The Indian Astronomical Observatory
- Wilhelm HanleWilhelm HanleWilhelm Hanle was a German experimental physicist. He is known for the Hanle effect. During World War II, he made contributions to the German nuclear energy project, also known as the Uranium Club...
, German experimental physicist- Hanle effectHanle effectThe Hanle effect is a reduction in the polarisaton of light when the atoms emitting the light are subject to a magnetic field in a particular direction, and when they have themselves been excited by polarised light....
, a reduction in the polarisation of light caused by a magnetic field, named after Wilhelm Hanle
- Hanle effect