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| Hannes Alfvén, Nobel Prize winning astrophysicist, contributed to significant advances in the fields of magnetohydrodynamics (the study of plasmas in magnetic fields), plasma physics, and cosmology. He shared the Nobel Prize for Physics with Louis Néel in 1970, for his essential contributions in founding plasma physics - the study of plasmas (ionized gases). Cf. Alfvén waves, disturbances transmitted through a plasma in the presence of a magnetic field. They have been observed in the solar wind and in the magnetic fields surrounding planets. "Alfven developed many controversial theories explaining the behavior of interstellar magnetic fields, debunking the "big bang," and attempting to rewrite the history of the solar system. Though initially ignored or rejected, many of his ideas were later extremely influential in revolutionizing the disciplines of astrophysics and geophysics. He was also an advocate of nuclear armaments destruction, working actively with other scientists such as Harold Urey to prevent nuclear proliferation and conflict"(http://orpheus.ucsd.edu). "Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén was born in Norrköping, Sweden, in 1908. His parents Johannes Alfvén and Anna-Clara Romanus were both practising physicians. Hannes Alfvén studied at Uppsala University from 1926, he obtained the degree of doctor of philosophy in 1934, in this same year he was appointed lecturer in physics at Uppsala University. In 1937 he became research physicist at the Nobel Institute for Physics in Stockholm, in 1940 he was appointed Professor in the Theory of Electricity at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Professor of Electronics in 1945, and Professor of Plasma Physics in 1963. Since 1967 he is visiting professor of Physics at the University of California at San Diego. Hannes Alfvén died on April 2, 1995"(nobelprize.org). Alfvén's Papers 1945-1991 are at University of California Libray, Special Collections. Alfvén often published his original work in relatively inaccessable journals. The collection of papers in physics and astrophysics consists of: [1], A THEORY OF MAGNETIC STORMS AND OF THE AURORAE. 1-3 [in 2]. Stockholm, [1939-] 1940. 4to. 40; 40 pp. 33 text illustrations. First edition. Alfvén's theory of magnetic storms and auroral displays in the atmosphere, which has been influenced the modern theory of the magnetosphere. He discovered a widely used mathematical approximation by which the complex spiral motion of a charged particle in a magnetic field can be easily calculated. Entirely uncut, original printed wrappers. Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, Third Series, 18:3 & 9. [2], TENTATIVE THEORY OF SOLAR PROMINENCES. Stockholm 1940. 8vo. 10 pp. 3 text illustrations. First edition. Original printed wrappers. Arkiv för Matematik, Astronomi och Fysik, 27A:20. [3], ON THE MOTION OF A CHARGED PARTICLE IN A MAGNETIC FIELD. Stockholm 1940. 8vo. 20. 4 text illustrations. First edition. Original printed wrappers. Arkiv för Matematik, Astronomi och Fysik, 27A:22. [4], ON THE SOLAR CORONA. Stockholm 1941. 8vo. 24 pp. 4 text illustrations. First edition. Original printed wrappers. Arkiv för Matematik, Astronomi och Fysik, 27A:25. [5], REMARKS ON THE ROTATION OF A MAGNETIZED SPHERE WITH APPLICATION TO SOLAR ROTATION. Stockholm 1942. 8vo. 10 pp. 2 text illustrations. First edition. Original printed wrappers. Arkiv för Matematik, Astronomi och Fysik, 28A:6. [6], ON THE COSMOGONY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM. 1-3. Stockholm, 1942-6. 4to. 34; 32; 32 pp. (last leaf blank). 24 text illustrations. First edition. The Alfvén theory for the formation of the planets out of material captured by the Sun from a cloud of gas and dust. A second part appeared in 1943. Entirely uncut, original printed wrappers. Stockholms Observatoriums Annaler, 14:2. [7], DIRECTIONAL MEASUREMENTS OF COSMIC RADIATION. Stockholm, 1943. 8vo. 16 pp. 6 text illustrations. Together with K. G. Malmfors. Arkiv för Matematik, Astronomi och Fysik, 29A:24. Original printed wrappers. [8], SOLAR MAGNETIC FIELD AND THE DIURNAL VARIATION OF COSMIC RADIATION. Lancaster, PA. 1947. 4to. Pp. 88-9. First separate edition, reprinted from The Physical Review, 72:1. Original printed wrappers. [9], ON TROCHOIDAL ELECTRONIC BEAMS AND THEIR USE IN ELECTRONIC TUBES (TROCHOTRONS). Contained in: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS OF THROCHOTRONS. Göteborg 1948. 8vo. Pp. 3-17, contained in: Theory and applications of Trochotrons (altogether 106 pp.). Together with L. Lindberg, K.G. Malmfors, T. T. Wallmark, and E. Ĺström. Transactions of the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 22. [10], ON THE THEORY OF THE AURORA. London 1948. 8vo. Pp. 132-7. 5 text illustrations. First separate edition, reprinted from the Physical Society Gassiot Committee Report. [11], ON THE SOLAR ORIGIN OF COSMIC RADIATION. 1-2. Lancaster, PA. 1949-50. 4to. Pp. 1732-5 & pp. 375-9. 4 text illustrations. First separate edition, reprinted from The Physical Review, 75:11 & 77:3. Original printed wrappers. [12], COSMICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1950. 8vo. viii, 240 pp. (last leaf blank). Text illustrations. Publisher's gilt-lettered cloth. [13], DISCUSSION OF THE ORIGIN OF THE TERRESTRIAL AND SOLAR MAGNETIC FIELDS. Stockholm 1950. 8vo. Pp. 74-82. 5 text illustrations. First separate edition, reprinted from Tellus, 2. [14], COSMIC RADIATION AND RADIO STARS. Lancaster, PA. 1950. 4to. One page only. Together with N. Herlofson. First separate edition, reprinted from The Physical Review, 78:5, p. 616. Original printed wrappers. [15], ON THE ORIGIN OF COSMIC RAYS. Bologna 1950. 8vo. 4 pp. First separate edition, reprinted from Nuovo Cimento, 9th Series, 6:3 (1949). Original printed wrappers. [15a], ATOMER OCH MÄNNISKOR, Stockholm 1950. 8vo. 108 pp. (last leaf blank). Original printed wrappers. [16], THE THEORY OF MAGNETIC STORMS AND AURORAS. London 1951. 8vo. 4 pp. Together with D.F. Martyn. First separate edition, reprinted from Nature, 167, p. 984. Original printed wrappers. [17], ON THE ZEEMAN EFFECT MEASUREMENTS OF THE SUN'S GENERAL MAGNETIC FIELD. Stockholm 1952. 8vo. Pp. 407-10. One text illustration. First separate edition, reprinted from Arkiv för Fysik, 4:24. Original printed wrappers. [18], A NEW TYPE OF ACCELERATOR. Stockholm 1952. 8vo. Pp. 175-6. 2 text illustrations. Together with Olle Wernholm. First separate edition, reprinted from Arkiv för Fysik, 5:12. Original printed wrappers. [19], IDENTIFICATION OF SUNSPOTS. Stockholm 1953. 8vo. Pp. 423-45. 4 illustrations and 2 tables in the text. First separate edition, reprinted from Tellus, 5:4. Original printed wrappers. [20], ON THE ORIGIN OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1954. 8vo. [8], 196 pp. Text illustrations. [21], THROCHOTRONS - A NEW FAMILY OF SWITCHING TUBES. LOW OPERATING VOLTAGES AND RAPID ACTION ARE SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES OF THIS FOREIGN IMPORT WHICH INTRODUCES TROCHOIDAL BEAM TECHNIQUE FOR PULSE COUNTING AND MULTIPLEX. New York, 1954. 4to. 4 pp. 10 text illustrations. Together with Harald Romanus. First separate edition, reprinted from Tele-Tech & Electronic Industries, June 1954. [22], A NEW ELECTRON TUBE: THE STROPHOTRON. New York, 1954. 4to. Pp. 1239-41. 2 text illustrations. Together with Dag Romell. First separate edition, reprinted from the Proceedings of the I.R.E., vol. 48:2. [23], ON THE ORIGIN OF COSMIC RADIATION. Stockholm 1954. 8vo. Pp. 232-53. 9 text illustrations. First separate edition, reprinted from Tellus, 6:3. Original printed wrappers. [24], MAGNETO-HYDRODYNAMIC WAVES AND SOLAR PROMINENCES. New Delhi 1954. 8vo. Pp. 133-6. 3 text illustrations. First separate edition, reorinted from Indian Journal of Meteorology and Geophysics, vol. 5 (Dec. 1954), Special Geomagnetic Number. [25], ON THE ELECTRIC FIELD THEORY OF MAGNETIC STORMS AND AURORAE. Stockholm 1955. 8vo. Pp. 50-64. 10 text illustrations. First separate edition, reprinted from Tellus, 7:1. Original printed wrappers. [26], LINE CURRENTS IN COSMIC PHYSICS. Cambridge 1955. 8vo. Pp. 296-8. First separate edition, reprinted from the Proceedings of the Royal Society, A, vol. 233. [27], THE SUN'S GENERAL MAGNETIC FIELD. Stockholm 1956. 8vo. 12 pp. 7 text illustrations. First separate edition, reprinted from Tellus, 8:1. Original printed wrappers. [28], ON THE THEORY OF SUNSPOTS. Stockholm 1956. 8vo. Pp. 274-5. First separate edition, reprinted from Tellus, 8:2. Original printed wrappers. [29], THE SUN'S GENERAL MAGNETIC FIELD. London 1956. 8vo. 2 pp. Together with B. Lehnert. First separate edition, reprinted from Nature, vol 178, p. 1339 only. [30], ON THE THEORY OF COMET TAILS. Stockholm 1957. 8vo. Pp. 92-6. 4 text illustrations. First separate edition, reprinted from Tellus, 9:1. Original printed wrappers. [31], MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC WAVES IN THE ATOMIC NUCLEUS. Lancaster, PA., 1957. 4to. 4 pp. (last leaf blank). First separate edition, reprinted from The Physical Review, 107:2, p. 632. Original printed wrappers. [32], ENERGY SPECTRUM OF COSMIC RADIATION. London 1958. 8vo. 2 pp. First separate edition, reprinted from Nature, 181, pp. 330-1. [33], ON THE THEORY OF MAGNETIC STORMS AND AURORAE. Stockholm 1958. 8vo. Pp. 104-16. 5 text illustrations. First separate edition, reprinted from Tellus, 10:1. Original printed wrappers. [34], ELECTRO-MAGNETIC STATE OF INTERPLANETARY SPACE. Bologna 1958. 8vo. 3 pp. 3 text illustrations. First separate edition, reprinted from Nuovo Cimento, Ser. 10, vol. 8, suppl. 2, pp. 209-11. Original printed wrappers. [35], INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD. London 1958. 8vo. Pp. 284-92. 5 text illustrations. First separate edition, reprinted from International Astronomical Union Symposium, 6, Electromagnetic Phenomena in Cosmical Physics, paper 32. [36], MOMENTUM SPECTRUM OF COSMIC RADIATION. Stockholm 1959. 8vo. Pp. 106-15. 2 text illustrations. First separate edition, reprinted from Tellus, 11:1. Original printed wrappers. [37], MOMENTUM SPECTRUM OF THE VAN ALLEN RADIATION. Lancaster, PA, 1959. 4to. 2 pp. One text illustration. First separate edition, reprinted from Physical Review Letters, 3:10, pp. 459-60. Original printed wrappers. [38], MAGNETO-HYDRODYNAMICS AND THERMONUCLEAR PROBLEMS. New York 1959. 8vo. Pp. 3-5. One text illustration. First separate edition, reprinted from Progress in Nuclear Energy, Series 11, vol. 1, Plasma Physics and Thermonuclear Research. [39], ON THE OSCILLATION OF ELECTRONS IN HYPERBOLIC MAGNETIC FIELDS AND ITS APPLICATION TO MICROWAVE GENERATION. Göteborg 1960. 8vo. 92 pp. Text illustrations. Together with S. Berneryd, T. Hanaas, L. Lindberg, and E. Ĺström. Preface (p. 5-6) by Hannes Alvfén. Transactions of the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Pure and Applied Mathematics and Physics, 13. [40], PLASMA PHYSICS. Bologna 1960. 8vo. 8 pp. 3 text illustrations. First separate edition, reprinted from Rendiconti S.I.F., 13 Corso. Original printed wrappers. [41], EXPERIMENTS WITH PLASMA RINGS. Oxford 1960. 4to. Pp. 116-20. 15 text illustrations. Together with L. Lindberg and P. Mitlid. First separate edition, reprinted from Plasma Physics, 1. Original printed wrappers. [42], ON THE ORIGIN OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM. London 1960. 4to. 4 pp. 3 text illustrations. First separate edition, reprinted from The New Scientist, dated 12 May, 1960. [43], COSMICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS. New York 1960. 4to. Pp. 613-8. First separate edition, reprinted from American Journal of Physics, 28:7. [44], ON THE ORIGIN OF COSMIC MAGNETIC FIELDS. New York 1961. 8vo. Pp. 1049-54. 5 text illustrations. First separate edition, reprinted from The Astrophysical Journal, 133:3. [45], COLLISION BETWEEN A NONIONIZED GAS AND A MAGNETIZED PLASMA. Minneapolis 1960. 4to. Pp. 710-3. 5 text illustrations. First separate edition, reprinted from Reviews of Modern Physics, 32:4. Paper read at IUTAM Symposium, Williamsburg, Va., and Washington, D.C., 1960. [46], GAS-INSULATION OF A HOT PLASMA. London 1960. 8vo. 4 pp. 2 text illustrations. Together with Erik Smĺrs. First separate edition, reprinted from Nature, 188, pp. 801-2. Original printed wrappers. [47], FILAMENTARY STRUCTURE PRODUCED BY AN ELECTRIC CURRENT IN A PLASMA. Stockholm 1961. 8vo. Pp. 375-8. One text illustration. First separate edition, reprinted from Arkiv för Fysik, 19:25. Original printed wrappers. [48], CONFINED ELECTRON STREAMS IN A PLASMA. Stockholm 1961. 8vo. Pp. 389-92. One text illustration. First separate edition, reprinted from Arkiv för Fysik, 20:23. Original printed wrappers. [49], GAS INSULATION OF A HOT PLASMA: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT. Vienna 1962. 4to. Pp.33-8. 10 text illustrations. Together with C.-G. Fälthammar, R.B. Johansson, E.A. Smĺrs, B. Wilner, and E. Witalis. First separate edition, reprinted from Nuclear Fusion, 1962 supplement, part 1. Conference paper presented at the Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research, Vienna. [50], ON THE THEORY OF THE OUTER VAN ALLEN BELT. Tokyo 1962. 8vo. P. 194. First separate edition, reprinted from Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 17, supplement A-II. International Conference on Cosmic Rays and the Earth Storm. [51], ON THE MASS DISTRIBUTION IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM. Chicago 1962. 8vo. Pp. 1005-15. 3 text illustrations. First separate edition, reprinted from The Astrophysical Journal, 136:3. [52], ON THE ORIGIN OF THE SATELLITES AND THE PLANETS. Chicago 1962. 8vo. Pp. 1016-1022.3 text illustrations. Together with J.M. Wilcox. First separate edition, reprinted from The Astrophysical Journal, 136:3. Original printed wrappers. [53], MATTER-ANTIMATTER ANNIHILATION AND COSMOLOGY. Stockholm 1962. 8vo. Pp. 187-94. One text illustration. Together with Oskar Klein. First separate edition, reprinted from Arkiv för Fysik, 23:19. Original printed wrappers. [54], THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE MOON AND THE EARTH. New York & San Diego 1963. 8vo. Pp. 357-63. 6 text illustrations. First separate edition, reprinted from Icarus, 1:4. [55], ON THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE SUN AND THE FORMATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM. Chicago 1963. 8vo. Pp. 981-90. 4 text illustrations. First separate edition, reprinted from The Astrophysical Journal, 137:3. [56], ON THE FILAMENTARY STRUCTURE OF THE SOLAR CORONA. New York 1963. 8vo. Pp. 35-8. 2 text illustrations. First separate edition, reprinted from The Solar Corona; Proceedings of IAU Symposium no. 16 held at Cloudcroft, New Mexico, U.S.A. 28-30 August, 1961. Edited by John Wainwright Evans (New York 1963). [57], HYDROMAGNETICS OF THE MAGNETOSPHERE. Dordrecht, Holland 1963. 8vo. Pp. 862-70. 4 text illustrations. First separate edition, reprinted from Space Science Reviews, 2. Original printed wrappers. [58], RYMDFORSKNINGENS FRAMTID. Stockholm, Natur & Kultur. 8vo. In: Ernst-Ĺke Brunberg (ed.), Rymdforskning, pp. 212-7. First edition. [59], ON THE ORIGIN OF THE ASTEROIDS. New York & San Diego 1964. 8vo. Pp. 52-6. One text illustration. First separate edition, reprinted from Icarus, 3:1. Original printed wrappers. [60], ON THE FORMATION OF CELESTIAL BODIES. New York & San Diego 1964. 8vo. Pp. 57-62. 2 text illustrations. First separate edition, reprinted from Icarus, 3:1. [61], SAGAN OM DEN STORA DATAMASKINEN : EN VISION. Stockholm 1967. 8vo. 144 pp. First edition ("sjätte-sjunde tusendet"). |
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