See Also: Alfven(dictionary)
Alfven, Hannes(medicine)
Alfven velocity(medicine)
Alfven waves(medicine)
Hannes Alfven(medicine)
Alfven ion cyclotron instability(medicine)

Alfven (iou)



Alfven noun. M20.
[Hannes Alfven (1908-95), Swedish physicist.]
Physics. Used attrib. with ref. to Alfven's discoveries.
Alfven speed, Alfven velocity the speed of an Alfven wave in a plasma of given properties. Alfven wave a transverse magnetohydrodynamic wave travelling in the direction of the magnetic field in a magnetized plasma.