Hannes Alfvén(1908)
PhysicsHannes Olof Gösta Alfvén was a Swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist and winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). He described the class of MHD waves now known as Alfvén waves. He was originally trained as an electrical power engineer and later moved to research and teaching in the fields of plasma physics and electrical engineering.
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Nobel Prize in Physics
1970for fundamental work and discoveries in magnetohydro-dynamics with fruitful applications in different parts of plasma physics
Royal Institute of TechnologyMost Cited Works
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43. Commission de la Magneto-Hydrodynamique et de la Physique des Gaz Ionises
Transactions of the International Astronomical Union(1966)
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43. Commission de la Magneto-Hydrodynamique et de la Physique des Gaz Ionises
Transactions of the International Astronomical Union1966
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Uppsala University
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Career Timeline
Uppsala University1934–1938
Royal Institute of Technology1940–1967
University of California, San Diego1967–1988
Academy Memberships
National Academy of Sciences (US)American Academy of Arts and SciencesRoyal Swedish Academy of SciencesIndian National Science Academy
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