List of waves named after people
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This is a list of waves named after people (eponymous waves).
| Wave | Field | Person(s) Named After |
|---|---|---|
| Alfvén wave | Magnetohydrodynamics | Hannes Alfvén |
| Bloch wave | Solid State Physics, Condensed matter physics | Felix Bloch |
| de Broglie wave | Quantum physics | Louis de Broglie |
| Draupner wave | Oceanography, Water waves | Draupner refers to the name of sea platform where Draupner wave was observed |
| Kelvin wave | Oceanography, Atmospheric dynamics | Lord Kelvin |
| Lamb wave | Acoustics, Elastic waves | Horace Lamb |
| Langmuir wave | Plasma physics | Irving Langmuir |
| Love wave | Elastodynamics, Surface waves | A. E. H. Love |
| Rayleigh wave or Rayleigh-Lamb wave | Surface acoustic waves, Seismology | Lord Rayleigh and Horace Lamb |
| Rossby wave | Meteorology and Oceanography | Carl-Gustaf Rossby |
| Stokes wave | Ocean waves, Water waves | George Gabriel Stokes |
| Tollmien-Schlichting wave | Stability of laminar flows | Walter Tollmien and Hermann Schlichting |
