The Hannes Alfvén Prize is a prize established by the
European Physical Society
The European Physical Society (EPS) is a non-profit organisation whose purpose is to promote physics and physicists in Europe through methods such as physics outreach. Formally established in 1968, its membership includes the national physical so ...
(EPS) Plasma Physics Division in 2000. The Prize is awarded annually by the European Physical Society at the EPS Conference on Plasma Physics for outstanding work in the field of
: "for achievements which have shaped the plasma physics field or are expected to do so in future."
"European Physical Society Plasma Physics Division Hannes Alfvén Prize"
The Plasma Physics Division of EPS
It is named after the Swedish physicist Hannes Alfvén
Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén (; 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 ...
.
List of winners
See also
* James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics
The James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics is an annual American Physical Society (APS) award that is given in recognition of outstanding contributions to the field of the Plasma Physics. It was established in 1975 by Maxwell Technologies, ...
* List of physics awards
This list of physics awards is an index to articles about notable awards for physics.
The list includes lists of awards by the American Physical Society of the United States, and of the Institute of Physics of the United Kingdom, followed by a l ...
* List of prizes named after people
References
External links
Official page at EPS website
(includes names of prize winners)
EPS PPD annual reports
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Awards of the European Physical Society
Plasma physics
Awards established in 2000