List of waves named after people


This is a list of waves named after people.
WaveFieldPerson named after
Alfvén waveMagnetohydrodynamicsHannes Alfvén
Bloch waveSolid state physics, condensed matter physicsFelix Bloch
de Broglie waveQuantum physicsLouis de Broglie
Elliott waveFinanceRalph Nelson Elliott
Faraday waveWater wavesMichael Faraday
Gerstner waveWater waves, oceanographyFrantišek Josef Gerstner
Kelvin waveOceanography, atmospheric dynamicsLord Kelvin
Lamb waveAcoustics, elastic wavesHorace Lamb
Langmuir wavePlasma physicsIrving Langmuir
Love waveElastodynamics, surface wavesAugustus Edward Hough Love
Mach waveFluid dynamicsErnst Mach
Rayleigh wave or Rayleigh–Lamb waveSurface acoustic waves, seismologyLord Rayleigh and Horace Lamb
Rossby waveMeteorology, oceanographyCarl-Gustaf Rossby
Stokes waveSurface gravity waves, water wavesGeorge Gabriel Stokes
Tollmien–Schlichting waveStability of laminar flowsWalter Tollmien and Hermann Schlichting