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Hannes Alfvén

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Also known as Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén, Hannes Alfven, Olof Johannesson, Hannes Olof Gosta Alfvén

Swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist and science fiction author (1908–1995), winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize for Physics

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Hannes Alfvén (1908–1995) was a Swedish male figure associated with classical music, described as a composer, conductor, and violinist. He was recognized in the Nobel Physics collection and the Nobel Laureates collection. His work is also referenced in the Royal Society and American Academy Arts Sciences collections.

Alfvén’s written works include *Interstellar clouds and the formation of stars*, *Investigations on the ultra-short electro-magnetic waves*, *Observations and hypotheses in cosmology*, *Hydromagnetics of the magnetosphere*, and *Worlds-antiworlds; antimatter in cosmology*. He is listed as the author of 15 works.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics1970

    “for fundamental work and discoveries in magnetohydro-dynamics with fruitful applications in different parts of plasma physics”

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Instance of
human
Given name
Gösta
Gender
male
Citizenship
Sweden
Educated at
Uppsala University
Employer
University of California, San Diego
Languages spoken
English language
Religion
atheism
Doctoral advisor
Manne Siegbahn
Field of work
physics
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YoungAlfven.jpg
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pseudonym
Olof Johannesson
birth name
Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén
member of
American Philosophical Society
Commons category
Hannes Alfvén
date of birth
1908-05-30
date of death
1995-04-02
Erdős number
5
nominated for
Nobel Prize in Physics
name in native language
Hannes Alfvén
ethnic group
Swedes
interested in
physics
subject has role
eponym
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Encyclopedic overview

Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén ( Swedish: [alˈveːn]; 30 May 1908 – 2 April 1995) 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. Alfvén made many contributions to plasma physics, including theories describing the behavior of aurorae, the Van Allen radiation belts, the effect of magnetic storms on the Earth's magnetic field, the terrestrial magnetosphere, and the dynamics of plasmas in the Milky Way galaxy.

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